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TIL every location in the universe has its own observable universe, which may or may not overlap with the one centered on Earth.

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78RmX TIL the chirping sound pigeons make when they fly is actually caused by their wings.
gM6g9 TIL that when simple AI was taught to play Tetris, the best solution it found was to pause the game just before the screen filled up so it would never lose.
neMLo TIL despite having had only one Nobel laureate among the population, the Faroe Islands have the most Nobel laureates per capita, as the whole territory has a population of around 50k people.
DV7Y TIL that Pakistan is actually an acronym for Punjab, Afghan, Kashmir, Indus and Sindh. The suffix -istan means “land” or “home”
kJngd TIL Grant Imahara died on July 13, 2020, at the age of 49, after suffering a ruptured, previously undiagnosed, intracranial aneurysm. Imahara began his career at Lucasfilm. Later he worked on Mythbusters and the White Rabbit Project and was a special effects engineer for many Hollywood productions.