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TIL the largest known star (per wikipedia) UY Scuti is 5 billion times the size of the Sun. It would take 2.2 hours to cross its diameter at the speed of light.

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LQMQ TIL that 2 dogs were executed for witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials
BrBbx TIL of Agafia Lykova (75 yr, F) who was born in woods in "Old Believers" family, that has lieved in extreme isolation from the rest of society since 1930`s. She was discovered by chance by team of geologists only in 1978, while circling the area in a helicopter.
4XmQa TIL after a storming a hijacked plane and killing/capturing the hijackers, Israel worked for 5 years to purchase the aircraft, then converted it to a spyplane
lwxG TIL James Watson, one of the scientists who discovered the helical structure of DNA, believes that stupidity is a disease and stupid people should be “cured”
VBOlk TIL the writers of In Living Color put decoy sketches in the script packets that were given to the Fox execs in order to preoccupy the censor enough to allow them to get away other material.