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TIL about the Wow! Signal, "the strongest candidate for an alien radio transmission ever detected." It was buried by news of Elvis's death the following day.

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5YJLB TIL that Bram Stoker, author of Dracula, also wrote another book considered one of the worst horror novels of all time. The Lair of the White Worm has been described as "one of the most spectacularly incoherent novels ever to reach print", and H. P. Lovecraft called it "almost infantile".
v1yDr TIL about Mimas, one of Saturn’s 53 confirmed moons, which looks a lot like the Death Star. It’s even oriented correctly, North being up in the image.
GYJvQ TIL about the Montreal Botanical Garden, a historic garden in Quebec, Canada that is considered one of the most important botanical gardens in the world due to the extent of its collections and facilities in addition to its natural beauty.
Lkjod TIL Angelina Jordan, a 14 y.o. singer who won Norway's Got Talent in 2014, always performs barefoot because when aged 6 she met a girl living on the streets without shoes- Angelina gave this girl her shoes and vowed never to appear on stage again wearing shoes until all the world’s children had them
v1no7 TIL Chuck Norris has more than 6 black belts including a 10th degree in Chun Kuk Do, 9th degree in Tang Soo Do and 8th degree in Tae Kwon Do.