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TIL there are programs that pay drug addicts to be sterilized

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W7GWN TIL that on June 15, 2018, Stephen Hawking’s ashes were interred in Westminster Abbey between Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin. During the ceremony, the European Space Agency honored him by beaming a recording of his voice toward the nearest known black hole, which will take 3,500 years to arrive.
e0ddD TIL there are 7,000 tigers living in the US either in zoos or privately owned, which is nearly double the estimated 3,890 tigers in the wild around the world.
9Vdm TIL Stephen Fry claims to know the true reason for Douglas Adams choosing 42 as the answer to life, the universe, and everything. Saying it’s “fascinating, extraordinary and, when you think hard about it, completely obvious.” Alas, he also says he’ll take the true meaning to his grave.
P5vZ TIL The idea of having the Olympic torch run from ancient Olympia to the host country was invented by the Nazis for the 1936 Berlin Summer Games.
nWLJW TIL that AI can now generate any illustrated children's book in <1-2min