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TIL The most expensive instrument in the world is the “Lady Blunt” Stradivarius violin, which sold in 2011 for $15.9 million(U.S).

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ndA7 TIL of an exoplanet known as J1407; a planet with a ring system so huge, it is 200x larger than Saturn’s. If it took the place of Saturn in our solar system, it’s rings would be brighter and more prominent than the moon in the Earth’s sky.
VMg8 TIL an Irish monk during the black plaque thought he was on of the last men left alive and kept a journal
gbMb TIL: A former President of the University of Chicago said that colleges and universities would “find themselves converted into educational hobo jungles” if Congress made it easier for war veterans to attend those institutions.
aWxA TIL that Leonard Susskind, professor of Theoretical physics, sparked a 28 year old debate with Stephen Hawking, who stated that the information inside a black hole is lost forever, but eventually Susskind proved him wrong.
nWnyr TIL: that some species of sharks have an umbilical cord at birth, therefore have a belly button