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TIL Pablo Escobar's personal hitman is now a youtuber

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OGM56 TIL that white holes are theorized to exist. Nothing can escape a black hole, and nothing can escape a white hole.
5ZmD TIL that before being burned alive by the Spaniards, chief Hatuey was asked if he wanted to accept Christianity and go to heaven. Hatuey asked if Spaniards go to heaven, to which the priest that they do. Hatuey then stated that he’d rather go to hell where he wouldn’t see such cruel people.
kOjeE TIL that NASA first confirmed the existence of water on Mars in 2008, when the Phoenix lander became the first man-made object to touch and sample true water on Mars.
aG1N TIL that Marvin the Martian was created as a satire of Cold War era Soviets. Marvin is from the red planet, wears red, feuds with Bugs Bunny (who represents the USA) as a parody of the Space Race, is armed with missiles capable of incredible destruction, and has an obsession with global domination.
xVY11 TIL that Welsh places compete to have the longest name: a railway station was once called Gorsafawddacha'idraigddanheddogleddol-lônpenrhynareurdraethceredigion just to outdo the village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllan­tysiliogogo­goch.