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TIL all Hubble Telescope images are all false color – meaning they start out as black and white, and are then colored.

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7rD8M TIL the former US president has 7 species named after him in honor, and the current one has 1 primarily because of resemblance
0wj0v TIL when adobe stopped supporting flash content from running it also stopped a Chinese railroad from operating for almost a day. The only solution was to install a pirated version of Flash that was still operational.
NX0ME TIL After Kennedy’s assassination, the owner of the Texas School Book Depository building had the infamous “snipers window” physically removed, and placed on mounted display in his home.
dDk4d TIL that Einstein didn't wear socks
oRlw8 TIL Princess Sophie of Hohenberg, the daughter of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, lived up until 1990.