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TIL all black holes emit radiation and, if they don’t consume enough matter, eventually evaporate and disappear

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4krDR TIL Michael Phelps has won a record 23 Olympic gold medals; No other Olympian has won more than 9.
wnxJ TIL that despite its small size (41,543 sq. km, 134th in the world) and high population density (406 per sq. km, 24th in the world), the Netherlands is the number two exporter of food and agricultural products in the entire world, after only the United States.
R7RR7 TIL on a mission to the International Space Station in January 2015, scientists tested the regenerative properties of planarian worms in zero gravity. One specimen actually grew a second head through spontaneous regeneration and when researchers tried amputating it, both heads grew back.
N7npe TIL about the case around Marc Dutroux, a Belgian pedophile connected to a government sex ring. Since 1996, 20 witnesses related to the case have suspiciously died
N7KAM TIL that there is a bladeless wind turbine that is smaller, lighters and more that 40% more cost effective than its bladed cousins. It sits on an oscillating base and uses vortexes to “trap” air to make electricity. Best of all, it is almost completely bird-safe.