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TIL that since the first exoplanets were discovered in the early 90s, the known number has doubled about every 27 months, to over 4,000 now confirmed.

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v1ZAK TIL during Katrina, the New Orleans airport was turned into a makeshift triage center. There were so many bodies that they used the baggage conveyor belts to carry the stretchers. One reporter said "I’ve been reporting for 21 years around the world and I've never seen the likes of this."
6EBAw TIL that the discount supermarket chain ALDI is actually two entirely separate but co-operating companies with two different logos.
m4kv TIL that a freezer malfunction at Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital in Belmot, Mass. has severely damaged one-third of the world’s largest collection of autism brain samples, potentially setting back research on the disorder by years
X0kG6 TIL that Oxford University is older than Aztec Empire. Oxford turned into a full-fledged university by 1096. While, the origins of Aztec Civilization is marked by the foundation of Tenochtitlan in 1325.
yVAMa TIL about Saitō Musashibō Benkei, a Japanese warrior reputed to have single-handedly killed over 300 trained soldiers while defending a bridge. His combat prowess in close quarters was so formidable that his enemies had to resort to killing him with a volley of arrows. He died upright.