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TIL that there’s an unknown object in the nearby galaxy m82 that started sending out radio waves. The emission doesn’t look like anything seen before

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9MNQ TIL that “the best-selling Playboy edition was the November 1972 edition, which sold 7,161,561 copies. One-quarter of all American college men were buying the magazine every month.”
5Vnbp TIL According to his widow, Constanze, Mozart received the commission for composing his Requiem from a mysterious messenger who did not reveal the commissioner's identity, and that Mozart came to believe that he was writing the requiem for his own funeral.
m1mYo TIL Murphy’s Law states "the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer.
OoZo4 TIL about Halloween candy buyback- a program that trades leftover candy (through local dentist's offices) for various dental items & sends the candy to the Troops
4kXga TIL about 20% of Australians are descendants of convicts.