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TIL Hawaii's lava flow has added 570 acres of land to Hawaii's Big Island since 1983

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x61R0 TIL about GRB 080319B: a gamma ray burst that is the most intrinsically bright object ever observed by humans in the universe and farthest object observable with the naked eye. It would be 21 quadrillion times brighter than the sun.
4Xyga TIL UFC1 had no weight classes and just 3 rules - no biting, eye gouging, or groin shots. There was no time limit and the winner, Royce Gracie, had to fight 3 guys in the same day on November 12, 1993, to win.
7rAEX TIL an 18yo was arrested for reporting a bug in the new Budapest e-Ticket system
6lp7 TIL that members of congress can sign the corner of an envelope and mail it without a stamp using USPS
AN9oa TIL that a fear of long words can constitute a phobia, and it’s often referred to as Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.