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TIL in 2022, two stars in the constellation Cygnus will collide causing a red nova explosion that will be about as bright in our sky as Polaris, the North Star

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grYj9 TIL that the first self serve restaurant opened in 1896! It consisted mostly of vending machines.
p8X7Q Today I learned that God used to have an equally divine wife, Asherah before the advent of fully monotheistic Judaism.
VB0GD TIL We Already Have Martian Rocks (Probably)
xVjKo TIL Prince's song "Nothing Compares 2 U" was inspired by his housekeeper, Sandy Scipioni, leaving suddenly to be with her family after her dad suddenly died
Yp4GA TIL many medieval manuscript illustrations show armored knights fighting snails, and we don't know the meaning behind that.