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TIL that a black hole could fit in your pocket

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dD4Md TIL that cicadas are the world’s loudest insects; their singing can be as loud as 100 decibels
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vkV8 TIL that starting in 1910, a series of books were published featuring a fictional boy-inventor by the name of Tom Swift. One of these books was titled “Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle.” Many years later, this led to the naming of the TASER that police now carry: “Tom A. Swift Electric Rifle”