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TIL that the Rare Earth hypothesis states that the origin of life on Earth required an improbable combination of astrophysical, as well as geological events in order to occur, and will likely not happen again in the Universe.

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epRdJ TIL US military funded E-girl influencers are trying to get Gen Z into the military
vNxL TIL that there is a surviving fantasy novel written in the 2nd century AD in Roman Syria that features explorers flying to the moon, a first encounter with aliens, interplanetary war between imperialistic celestial kingdoms, and the discovery of a continent across the ocean
nQb TIL coats of arms do not belong to a “family” but instead belong to an individual. Coats of arms within a family may be very similar but need to be “differenced” from one person to the next.
5VPE8 TIL Approximately 8% of Black Americans are Vegan, Roughly 2.6 Times Greater than the General Public
GjG7 TIL nodding your head to mean “yes” and shaking your head to mean “no” is common among people of every country in the entire world, except Bulgaria and southern Albania, where they mean the opposite.