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TIL that Hubble has found a double Einstein ring, where light from one galaxy is curved around another galaxy to form a halo

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VBpJm TIL Subbuteo was named after the "falco subbeteo" bird because its creator wasn't granted a trademark for its original name Hobby. The "falco subbuteo" is the Latin name for the "Eurasian hobby" bird.
yQk4a TIL The “Windy City” name has nothing to do with Chicago weather it was coined by 19th-century journalists who were referring to the fact that its residents were “windbags” and “full of hot air.”
OGZ54 TIL about an ancient African tradition where a murderer was punished by an assassin running into him with a spear which had meat on it. The murderer kept his mouth open. The murder victim's family decides if the murderer is killed by the spear or fed the meat (forgiven)
xVOk TIL that Ian Fleming’s last recorded words were an apology to the ambulance drivers for having inconvenienced them, saying “I am sorry to trouble you chaps. I don’t know how you get along so fast with the traffic on the roads these days.”
j6GME TIL Taiwan has one of the highest oral cancer rates in the world. The cause is mainly a culturally consumed nut called Betel. Betel nuts are carcinogenic and cause a stimulating high when chewed. Mainly consumed by blue-collar and indigenous Taiwanese, the practice remains legal but discouraged.