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TIL that the "Pillars of Creation" within the Eagle Nebula are about 4-5 Light years tall

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VB4Rp TIL that during WWI (and briefly WWII) the British would shame men into joining the military by recruiting young women to call them cowards on the streets of their hometowns. These women would also pin a white feather on them to symbolize their cowardice.
JpKm TIL Stephen King didn’t get paid for “The Shawshank Redemption” because he never cashed the check
Zpg5v TIL that France maintains possessions of several islands less than 20 miles off the coast of Newfoundland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon
p6lG TIL that in 1944, a 14-year-old boy was executed in the U.S. after a 2-hour trial with no physical evidence.
VBYgm Today I learned that when you are boiling water for potatoes, pasta, veg, etc, that, once the water has reached a full boil, you can turn the heat down by a large amount, and the water will continue to be a boil. For cooking.