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TIL Scientists managed to capture an image of a newborn planet that was still forming in the disk of gas and dust around its star.

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awvEZ TIL that the Library of Alexandria was accidentally burnt down by Julius Caesar the same year he met Cleopatra. Historians estimate that humanity lost 1000 years of technological advancement.
W7RrB TIL that adding a new road to a traffic network can sometimes make everyone’s commute longer, due to Braess' Paradox.
gQyW TIL When the A Bomb was dropped in Hiroshima, the light from the fireball was so intense that it melted the copper in the surrounding buildings.
dN0K TIL Charles Darwin wasn’t the first choice to go on the voyage in which he theorized the Theory of Evolution. He got the spot because other candidates turned down the captain’s invitation. Meanwhile, the captain just wanted a travel buddy because commanding a ship was very stressful and lonely.
rWEe TIL the Guillotine was still the official method of execution in France until the death penalty was abolished… in 1981.