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TIL stars didn’t exist until 150-200 million years after the Big Bang

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wLKaJ TIL: Neanderthals were distilling tar 200 thousand years ago in Europe
Y7yMZ TIL at the Battle of Peleliu in the Pacific during WW2, of the 8 men awarded the Medal of Honor, 6 of them were for throwing themselves atop grenades to save nearby comrades
R7m81 TIL that former NBA player Randy Foye has a medical condition called "situs inversus", where all his organs are mirrored from their normal positions, but suffered from no complications for his career.
EgnW TIL there is a vinyl player that uses laser beams to read the sound, thus no deterioration to the record.