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TIL that scientists managed to virtually reconstruct the destroyed planetary system of the star WD 1145+017 by analysing the debris field around the star. Giving birth to the field of astronomy dedicated to studying destroyed planets known as Necroplanetology.

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neVE9 TIL about the first robot. The servant of Philon was an ancient Greek humanoid figure capable of automatically filling a wine cup when placed in its hand. It accomplished its task using a pneumatic system that was very advanced for its time.
mxRDy TIL of the 2018 seismic event of Mayotte, a 20 minute long earthquake-like event that was detected by instruments across all the globe but wasn't felt by a single person, and lacked two of the three types of waves usually detected in earthqakes.
Meg77 TIL Modern cars have become so quiet when driving, automakers are resorting to playing fake engine sounds from the vehicle's speakers.
eyj4 TIL in 2012, the White House responded to a petition to have a Death Star built by stating that “the Administration does not support blowing up planets” and that it would not fund a weapon “with a fundamental flaw that can be exploited by a one-man starship”.
VMRKm TIL on august 10, 2018, an airplane was stolen from Sea–Tac Airport in Washington by 29-y-old Richard Russell, a ground service agent with no piloting experience. He flew around for 1h15min, kept radio contact, did a succesfull barrel roll, then crashed on an island purposely, killing only himself