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TIL in 2025, astronomers discovered S/2025 U 1, a tiny moon orbiting Uranus that's only about 10 kilometers in diameter the smallest known moon of the planet.

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nVnB TIL When a journalist innocently asked Pope John XXIII, “Your Holiness, how many people work in the Vatican?” He replied, “About half of them.”
bVmN TIL of UVB-76, a mysterious Russian radio signal that has been transmitting continuously since 1982. Nobody knows who makes the signal, only that it is located near Moscow, makes a buzzing sound 25 times a minute, and every few years will broadcast a string of random names and numbers.
JYQmv TIL people with Seasonal Affective Disorder experience more prolonged secretion of night time melatonin in the winter than those without, mimicking the urge to sleep more shown in hibernating animals.
ormA TIL that Herman Göring had a brother who blatantly and dangerously resisted the Nazi regime through acts of sabotage and forgery, and that one week before his death, married his housekeeper so that she could receive his government pension.
8aKLX TIL The 2017 Gallup "State of the American Workplace" report, reveals that only 33% of employees are engaged in their work. 16% say they are actively disengaged. The rest, that is 51%, are not engaged and are just there.