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TIL about stellar nucleosynthesis, the process by which chemical elements are created by nuclear fusion reactions within stars. The theory can be used to accurately estimate the abundance of elements, why abundance fluctuates, and why some are more common than others.

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rRQjx TIL that Luckner "Vampire" Cambronne - head of Haiti's murderous Tonton Macoutes, who killed 30000+ people, and sold corpses and (allegedly HIV-infected) blood to US institutions - emigrated to USA in 1972, and lived in Miami, comfortable and undisturbed, until 2006.
YpN0A TIL that at Noon, every April 21st, the day of the birth of Rome, the Sun enters the oculus of the Pantheon at an inclination, radiating perfectly on the entrance doorway: the emperor was fully illuminated when he entered in the Temple.
B84L TIL “Night of the Living Dead” (1968) is part of the public domain because the distributor forgot to put a copyright notice on the title card
4Xpo6 TIL that Roman emperor Vespasian refused to make use of a labour-saving machine because he didn't want the day labourers heavily dependent on building projects to loose their livelihoods.
nek4P TIL in the 80's the police bombed a Philadelphia black activist group called MOVE, killing 11 people including 5 children