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TIL of the "Bootes Void" in space. An area of 300 million light years that is almost completely Void of galaxies

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JYJmB TIL that while Australia and New Zealand commemorates ANZAC Day, each year on 25 April Italy commemorates the end of Nazi occupation during World War II and the victory of the Resistance in Italy
MeNb7 TIL that in the 1950s, people attempting to get discharged from the Army for homosexuality, as had become common during the draft, had to pass a 'gag reflex test.' No gag reflex, youre free to go
PGKJ TIL that if asking someone a favour in their right ear, you are almost twice as likely to have them agree than if you were to ask them in the left ear.
maPx TIL When you stop smoking weed, you’re going to experience a huge increase in your dreams and their vividness due to your brain trying to catch up on all the missed REM sleep for the next 2-7 weeks.
awr1M TIL Rob DenBleyker, known more as the creator of comic series Cyanide & Happiness, is also the creator of much-loved but much-forgotten Abobe Flash series Stick Death