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TIL theaters used to have “cry rooms”: soundproof rooms at the back of theaters so mothers wouldn’t disturb others with their children

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JY1Vv TIL that accoridng to scientific predictions, the Milky Way will collide with the Andromeda Galaxy within 4 billion years, creating a hybrid galaxy dubbed "Milkomeda".
j6RLE TIL in 2020 global human-made mass exceeded all living biomass
wX88 TIL that the rights to Peter Pan are owned by Great Ormond Street Hospital and that it is one of very few novels to have had its copyright extended due to the amount of funding it provides the hospital
Ovr4 TIL a man got a parade and a new car from Honda for reaching 1 million miles on his Accord.
LmEm TIL the Amazon river dumps so much fresh water into the Atlantic that it is possible to drink from the surface for about 200 mile offshore