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

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XEVB8 TIL about NASA's Project Echo "sateloon" from the 1960's where they launched 100 foot in diameter inflatable reflective orbs into space to use as passive comsat relays.
b6k9a TIL in 1964, a General Mills employee chopped pieces of Circus Peanuts (banana flavoured-marshmallow candy) into a bowl of cheerios, thus leading to the invention of Lucky Charms cereal.
m1GZM TIL that ancient Egyptians had a pregnancy test using wheat and barley. Women would urinate on bags of wheat and barley, and if the grains sprouted, it was considered a positive pregn aresult. Studies in the 20th century showed this method was surprisingly accurate due to hormonal changes.
V6PD TIL Vancouver researchers have created an enzyme that changes donated blood into universal type
vlg8 TIL in 2007 a 44-year-old man went to the doctor for minor leg discomfort and doctors found that his brain had reduced in size by 50%-75%