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TIL in 2022 You can see a supernova with a naked eye.

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gMG7X TIL every year Warsaw stands still to commemorate the Warsaw Uprising
grP7W TIL: Sherman Sizemore, through medical errors, experienced 16 minutes of an exploratory laparotomy, before he was given an anesthetic. Prior to this, he was only given a paralytic, forcing him to feel every cut the surgeon made in his body.
Z84rR TIL about the dihydrogen monoxide parody, the action of calling water by an unfamiliar chemical name, listing "side effects" which are just scientific terms for harmless water-related bodily processes, and calling for it to be banned. This demonstrates the importance of scientific literacy.
OokKX TIL That Jet ('Are You Gonna Be My Girl') released a second album, which Pitchfork rated at a 0.0 and posted a video of a monkey peeing into it's own mouth in lieu of a review
Yvmv TIL That Leo Fender, founder of the Fender Electric Guitar Company, couldn’t play guitar and had no desire to learn.