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TIL the first photo of a black hole was taken in 1992

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OEv4 TIL For nearly a century, the French have prohibited entry into an area of more than 460 square miles because there is an almost impossible amount of ammunition and dead bodies to recover from the battlefield’s of World War One. The area is called “Zone Rouge”, and much of it is still off limits
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XL6 TIL Boudica, a British queen, is rumored to be buried between platforms 9 and 10 of King’s Cross Station
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