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TIL that the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, after 20 years in development, is preparing to use the world's most powerful digital camera — a 3,200-megapixel, 3-ton instrument — to capture 20 billion images of the night sky, helping scientists map the universe and study dark matter and dark energy

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5Ra8 TIL that in 1974, Basil Brown, a 48-year-old health food advocate from Croydon, England, drank himself to death by consuming 10 gallons (37.85 litres) of carrot juice in ten days, causing him to overdose on vitamin A and suffer severe liver damage.
1j54 TIL that smartphones are capable of receiving FM radio signals, but phone/wireless companies deny that consumer demand is strong enough to justify activating it
AaVd TIL time-travel, faster-than-light travel and “sliding between parallel worlds” are theoretically possible if there are multiple time dimensions.
X0MNR TIL that the last time the US declared war was against Germany and its allies during World War 2
LQ0gp TIL of Ye Fei, a Chinese general born in the Philippines who was commander of the PLA during World War 2 and the Chinese Civil War, and went on to serve as Commander in Chief of the Chinese Navy then Governor of Fujian Province, and retained his Philippines citizenship throughout the years.