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TIL WHL0137-LS, also known as Earendel, it is the earliest and most distant known star, at a comoving distance of 28 billion light-years

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keAd TIL francium is the most elusive element on earth, only 20-30 grams of it exist in the crust of the earth at any given time.
0wm75 TIL that fishers, a member of the weasel family, are one of the few predators that seek out and kill porcupines and have been documented routinely preying on lynxes, being the primary cause of lynx mortality in the wild.
JYDXQ TIL Michel Vaujour a French convict jailed in 1986 for attempted murder and armed robbery "forced his way onto the prison's roof by wielding nectarines that were painted to look like grenades." His wife then picked him up in a helicopter and whisked him away.
8eNJ8 TIL of hepatic pregnancy, where the site of implantation occurs in the liver.
6jEY TIL That an American flag hung upside down signals that one is in distress and needs help