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TIL a 98-Year Old Mother Moved Into Same Nursing Home as Her 80-Year Old Son to Take Care of Him

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d84Q7 TIL: The observable universe is a spherical region of the Universe comprising all matter that can be observed from Earth at the present time, because electromagnetic radiation from these objects have had time to reach Earth since the Big Bang. Everywhere has its own observable universe
Y7kwZ TIL in 1906, an irrigation company rerouted the Rio Grande, pushing the US town Rio Rico south of the river, causing it to be mistaken as Mexican. In 1972, the United States learned the land was US soil and officially ceded it to Mexico, allowing the local-born residents American citizenship.
4XDA6 TIL After a flat hunter in Israel sent a prospective landlord ????????????‍✌️☄️????️???? emojis before declining the offer for the apartment, the emojis formed evidence used by the landlord to argue that he had been misled. The sender was ordered to pay the owner $2 200 for lost rent.
rNyv4 TIL that Andy Dick has been to rehab 20 times.
JAem TIL that a man spent several years acting as the mate of a female whooping crane - sleeping, dancing, and building nests with her - as part of an effort to save the species from extinction. And it worked!