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TIL multicellular life only has 800 million years left on Earth, at which point, there won’t be enough CO2 in the atmosphere for photosynthesis to occur.

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VpJZ TIL that the world’s biggest and most advanced radio telescope will be built by 2024. It can scan the sky 10,000 times faster and with 50 times the sensitivity of any other telescope, it will be able to see 10 times further into the universe and detect signals that are 10 times older
WNMY TIL B.B King saved his Guitar from a burning building caused by a fight between two men. The men were fighting over a lady named Lucille and B.B King named his guitar after her as a reminder to never fight over a woman or run into burning buildings.
J16m4 TIL that Wing Chun kung-fu is allegedly named after Yim Wing Chun, a legendary 17th century woman who was taught the martial art by a Shaolin Buddhist nun to defeat a local bully who was trying to force Yim to marry him
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epp16 TIL healthy male chimpanzees can be as little as 0.002% bodyfat. Females range from less than 1% to 8%.