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There is a weird black hole which bends light back on itself like a boomerang.

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XEABk TIL that platypus don't have teats, instead they concentrate milk to their belly and feed their young by sweating it out
6907Z TIL The earth will complete 367 complete rotations this year; it takes 23 h 56 m for one rotation (a sidereal day).
QJ5Va TIL: Cheng Chui Ping, also known as Sister Ping, ran a human smuggling empire and is widely regarded as the most prolific smuggler of the 20th century. She ran her operation between Hong Kong and New York City from 1984 until 2000. The FBI still doesn't know how many people she smuggled into the US.
v1xOj TIL that 7'4" (2.24m) Boban Marjanović, is currently the tallest player in the NBA. His father is 5'9" (1.75m) and his mother is 5'6" (1.68m).
gp5A TIL During the first successful Commando raid at Lofoten, Norway in WWII, the officer used the local telegraph office to send to “A.Hitler in Berlin,” the following message: “You said in your last speech, German troops would meet the British wherever they landed. Where are your troops?”