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TIL The Milky Way galaxy may reside in the largest void in observable space.

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XE8k8 TIL the song "Mah Na Mah Na" later sung by Muppets on Sesame Street was originally the theme to the Italian mondo film "Sweden: Heaven and Hell" about sexuality in Sweden including "lesbian nightclubs, porn films," and "the swinging lifestyle of married couples"
v1Y4r TIL that the phrase 'from time immemorial' has specific legal meaning in British law, and begins on 6 July 1189, the day Richard I assumed the throne.
b9WQ7 TIL The second person to survive going over Niagra falls in a barrel, Bobby Leach, later died after slipping on an orange peel
50Nk TIL On a trip to China, Prince Philip joked to students that “If you stay here much longer, you’ll go slit-eyed.” After initial concerns of offense, Chinese officials responded that they also warned their students of going “round-eyed” when studying abroad.“
5YdBB TIL shepherds in Gascony, France traditionally wore stilts called tchangues (“big legs”) that allowed them to walk rapidly on marshy ground.