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TIL about "Hypervelocity Stars"—rare stars that have been physically kicked out of the Milky Way by the supermassive black hole at its center. They travel at speeds up to 2 million mph, fast enough to permanently escape the galaxy's gravity and spend eternity drifting through the empty void.

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