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TIL that astronomers found a star that formed in the same gas cloud as the Sun.

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Y6rr TIL humans are unable to burp in zero gravity environments.
x64Oo TIL Jimmy Carter was the first president to be born in a hospital
GYy7J TIL about Lazarus Colloredo, a "courteous and handsome" courtier who hid his parasitic twin brother behind a cloak. Allegedly, Lazarus was spared execution for killing a man after claiming the punishment would also kill his innocent brother.
VMALB TIL Ada Lovelace who wrote the first algorithm for a computing machine and first saw the potential in computers was a daughter of Lord Byron
e0G8k TIL that the lowest point in Louisiana is found in its largest city, New Orleans, an area that lies at an elevation of 8 feet below sea level. The average elevation of the city lies at 1 to 2 feet below sea level mainly owing to subsidence as much of the city had been constructed on swamp lands.