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TIL The Southern Cross was visible as far north as Britain and known to Ancient Greeks - It slipped below the horizon around 400AD and was forgotten by Europeans until the 16th Century

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9wXX TIL that not only is Shirley Temple still alive, she has also been ambassador to Czechoslovakia & Ghana, survived breast cancer, served on the board of directors of Bank of America and ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives.
YQbd TIL in 2012 a young woman’s stomach had to be removed after drinking a shot with liquid nitrogen still in it.
4X0lR TIL of the Westall UFO encounter, which occurred on 6 April 1966 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, where more than 200 students and teachers saw a UFO in broad daylight.
KOEE6 TIL Alarm fatigue is when alarms go off, or are tested, so often that we are desensitised to them.
Lklj0 TIL that trees secretly talk to each other and share resources using a fungal network called the World Wood Web. Some trees use the system to support their offspring, while others hijack it to sabotage their rivals.