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TIL that the Hubble can identify something only 10-24 km across at a distance of 4.7 billion km. That’s the equivalent of seeing a red blood cell at a distance of 1 km.

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p8OGA TIL that in 2010, the Royal Mail turned 10 classic British albums into postage stamps, including albums by Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, David Bowie and Blur.
np6P TIL that if you’re behind a firewall like in Iran or China and can’t download Tor, you can send an email to gettor@gettor.torproject.org with the subject “help” and get a download via email with step by step instructions.
BrYLy TIL that NYC smells bad because of a slapdash real-estate based city plan that omitted alleys
woYV7 TIL By the time babies are crawling, their brains have already learned what accent their speech will become and that it's possible to adapt your own accent but you can never change it based on what your brain has decided it will be from that very VERY early age.
NrmM TIL a 67-year-old lived his entire life stereoblind, or unable to properly experience depth perception, until he went to a theater and saw Hugo in 3D. He was blown away by the experience of depth during the movie, and afterward the ability stayed, curing him of his condition.