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TIL a star discovered 75 light-years away is no warmer than a freshly brewed cup of coffee.

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loleB TIL the name “Imogen” may well be a typo. Its first recorded use is in Shakespeare’s Cymbeline. It is thought that he wrote “Innogen”, a common Celtic name at the time. The printers misread the “nn” as “m” and thus a new name was born!
0wOa1 TIL about Yolanda Saldivar, a nurse who quit her job to become Tejana music star Selena's fan club president in San Antonio, then proceeded to embezzle thousands from her. She shot the singer dead in 1995 after being confronted for her actions.
698DX TIL the Brown-headed Cowbird is North America’s most common “brood parasite,” laying eggs in the nests of over 140 host species
7rQMp TIL when Philip II of Macedon sent the Spartans a message saying "If I invade Laconia, I shall turn you out," the Spartans simply responded with "If."
m1n6x TIL that Pulp Fiction magazines with weekly serialized stories, were the predecessors to modern Comics and Manga, starting as early as 1896