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TIL the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) currently under construction in Chile will have 15 times more light collecting surface than the largest optical telescope currently in use

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E1LMV TIL that “Caligula” was a nickname given to Gaius Caesar as a toddler by his father’s soldiers because he had a little soldier’s outfit, including tiny, hobnailed boots (caligae) such as the infantry wore.
nWxn7 TIL about the "Phantom Time Hypothesis," which suggests that 297 years of European history were entirely fabricated, and that we may actually be living in the year 1726.
laVr TIL cats can become addicted to tuna and refuse to eat anything else. Veterinarians refer to these cats as ‘tuna junkies.’
B9jx TIL Looney Tunes was created to promote WB’s music catalog in the 1930’s. That’s why it’s “Tunes” and not “Toons”
G44Q TIL Ken Kesey (Author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) volunteered for MKUltra experiments involving LSD and other psychedelic drugs as a student, and inspired him to promote the drug outside of the experiments, which influenced the early development of hippie culture.