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TIL that the last time the USA officially declared war was in 1941 against Germany, and every "War" after that including Vietnam was never officially declared.

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AyEn TIL that mathematician Marina Ratner proved her most influential theorem after she turned 50, defying a common notion that only young mathematicians can do great work
RJvj TIL that the gravity of a neutron star is so strong that parts of the opposite side can be seen from the front, as light is bent around it.
mNMo TIL that Tim Horton, founder of…well, Tim Horton’s, died because of a car accident while he was drunk and on barbiturates and being chased by the police.
R7EBj TIL that "Pistol" Pete Maravich, the greatest college basketball scorer of all time, and NBA all-star, was born with one coronary artery, while the rest of us have two. He died while playing a pickup basketball game at age 40. At death his heart was scarred and enlarged from oxygen deprivation.
OMm6 TIL that Daredevil and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were created by the same canister of ooze, in the same road accident