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TIL MI6 replaced bomb making instructions with cupcake recipes on al-Qaeda websites

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KErJ TIL that in 2011, a 14 year-old amateur astronomer from Canada proved that Jupiter is bright enough to cast shadows on Earth.
X0Apj TIL that airliners use 1 gallon of gas each second!
LPPd TIL The worst Star Trek Next Generation episode is widely regarded to be “Shades of Gray”. It was a previous clip show created due to a lack of funds left over from other episodes during the second season and the writer, Maurice Hurley, refers to it as a “piece of shit”.
WkDxd TIL that the islands of the Pacific nation of Kiribati extend 3900 km from east to west - further than the distance from Los Angeles to Miami, London to Cairo, Dubai to Moscow, or Bangkok to Seoul
5VlK8 TIL that Stephen Hawking hosted a party in 2009. He kept the event secret and publicized it afterwards, inviting future time travelers to the party. No one showed up, showing that travelling back in time is impossible.