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TIL Hoba meteorite - the main mass is estimated at more than 60 tonnes. It is the largest known intact meteorite (as a single piece)

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4X1n5 TIL Quasar P352-15, is known as the brightest object in the Universe. At a distance of 13 Billion Light-Years Away, this quasar comes from a time when our Universe was only 7% its current age.
Y7g7x TIL that Europe moves the clock forwards and backwards during the Summer just like the United States' Daylight Savings Time. It's called European Summer Time. However, the transition is a few weeks apart from when the United States moves their clocks.
lo407 TIL the small town of Tanner, Alabama has the distinction of being hit by two F5 tornadoes within a 30 minutes timeframe. On the night of April 3, 1974, rescuers in Tanner were busy searching for victims of the first twister when they were surprised by a second which wiped out the rest of the town
ZGjD TIL a study by British sociologists found 7 distinct social classes: Elite, Established middle class, Traditional working class, Technical middle class, Emergent service workers, New affluent workers and Precariat. Whom people know and what they do contribute to their class as much as income.
OGM1Y TIL that Berkshire Hathaway (Warren Buffet's holding company) owns 6.7% of Activision Blizzard and 5.8% of Apple.