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TIL the Death Star was actually designed before we could see the massive crater on Mimas, one of Saturn's moons, meaning its resemblance is purely coincidental.

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oB0JY TIL in 2017 a competition for independent filmmakers was organized to submit treatments for music videos for one of three Elton John songs from the 1970s in celebration of his fiftieth anniversary of his songwriting relationship with Bernie Taupin. The winners feature on YouTube as official videos.
VBOnD Today I learned that beluga whales have squishy (and very cute) heads that assist with echolocation (credit: Randomness-youtube)
l7NL1 TIL that in 1919 Pacific Improvement Company was looking to attract more people to their coastal developments. 29 year old Samuel Morse pitched the idea of a coastal golf course, and they agreed. Today this course is called Pebble Beach. (Also Samuel’s cousin by the same name invented Morse code. )
GPxE TIL: Lack of connection is a key reason why people have suicidal thoughts; isolation contributes to and escalates their pain.
j66Kn TIL that electric blankets may cause heat stroke in sleep which may result in rectal temperature upto 41.2 °C (106.2 °F), severe burns and death.