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TIL that the merging of two black holes in 2015 emitted 3.6 septillion yottawatts of power, greater than the combined power of all light radiated by all the stars in the observable universe

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X0o4Q TIL that the lead vocals in Elvin Bishop’s hit “Fooled Around and Fell In Love” were performed not by Bishop himself, but by his backup singer Mickey Thomas who later went on to form the band Starship with hits such as “We Built This City” “Sara” and “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now”
LQkJV TIL That the Earth's current "North Star" will be replaced in ~1000 years by the star Gamma Cephei, because it can be seen with the naked-eye and be closer to our celestial pole than the current North star, Polaris.
E16d TIL The second largest shareholder in News Corp is a Saudi Oil Billionaire..
8k44 TIL that, when petting a bird, one should pet only the head. For some birds, petting the chest is a form of sexual stimulation and can lead to a frustrated animal.
74kX TIL when friends of a deceased drag queen were clearing out her belongings, they found a 15-year old mummified body in a trunk, wrapped in leather.