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TIL that the Voyager and Pioneer probes are on course to pass by several stars in the far future - some within one light-year's distance. The Voyager probes carry messages/music/photos from Earth, while the Pioneer probes have a map of the solar system and a depiction of naked humans.

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rVMW TIL: Most people use the word ‘antisocial’ incorrectly. Antisocial refers to behavior that harms other people/the society. Asocial is the word people mean to use when referring to not wanting/having social relationships or interactions.
gZbX TIL in 2011 a Minnesota man was arrested and charged for converting a vibrator into an explosive device with the intention of giving it to his ex-girlfriend for Christmas.
vPyl7 TIL that a tool for conversing with PDFs, so you can upload the papers or materials you want to read and then engage in dialogue and summarization.
wO61 TIL that modern, “safer” playgrounds may be resulting in wimpier, more fearful kids – while actually increasing the risk of broken bones.
nW6Qr TIL a woman named Chante Mallard hit an unhoused man named Gregory Biggs, lodging him in her windshield, alive. She drove home and parked in her garage where she let him suffer for days before dying. She was only caught months later because she talked about it at a party.