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TIL there are stars called “Magnetars” with magnetic fields strong enough to kill any life form at a distance of 1000km

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WkAnB TIL of Penny Dean, who in 1976 broke the world record for long-distance swim from CA to Catalina Island (22 miles) by 1.5 HOURS. Her record has yet to be broken by man or woman.
PYelg TIL that the moon smells like "wet ashes" (Neil Armstrong) or "Spent gunpowder." (Buzz Aldrin).
VM4nk TIL Robert E. Howard created Conan the Barbarian at age 26 and committed suicide at age 30. He didn't live to see Conan become successful and is considered to be the father of sword and sorcery.
YJGd TIL “You Get What You Give” by the New Radicals has been praised by Joni Mitchell, who said it “rose from the swamp of ‘McMusic’ like a flower of hope.” The Edge from U2 singled it out as the song he most wished he had written, and Ice-T cited it as one song that had grabbed him, outside of rap.
e04ag TIL about Patrick's Pub and Grill, a bar that's split in half on the border of Georgia and Tennessee. What's even stranger is that the Georgia half is in a "dry county", meaning that any alcohol purchased on the Tennessee side cannot be brought to the Georgia side - all within the same restaurant.