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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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OGK5L TIL of the Milkshake Duck phenomenon, where a person gains popularity on social media for some positive trait but is later discovered to have a distasteful history or to engage in offensive behavior.
a7Qb TIL that Lightning McQueen was not named after racing legend Steve McQueen, but rather the former Pixar animator Glenn McQueen who died of skin cancer in 2002.
6b98 TIL that the switch from $1 bills to $1 coins would save American taxpayers approximately $4.4 billion in the next 30 years. This is because coins are significantly more durable than paper bills.
Kne9 TIL Bethesda put on A Post Apocalyptic Film Festival to promote Fallout 3 in 2008.
QBkM TIL chocolate magnate Milton Hershey launched a ‘Great Building Campaign’ during the Great Depression with the aim of employing more people. When he was told that a steam shovel being used on a project did the work of 40 men, he instructed his foreman: “Take them off. Hire 40 men.”