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TIL since 2001 astronomers have detected 11 high frequency radio signals, which share an underlying mathematical pattern that defies explanation as naturally occuring phenomena.

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b8k4 TIL “Deep Blue”, one of the largest great white sharks ever filmed, is estimated to be 50 years old… and was (at the time) pregnant!
v1Ykx TIL A satellite launched in 1978, and thought to be shutdown in 1997, was actually discovered in 2008 still be fully operational with plenty of fuel. Through efforts of crowd funding and approval from NASA, a group successfully established contact and fired the engines for the first time since 1987
VBYmQ TIL: There is a Hall and Oates hotline you can call to listen to some of their greatest hits
epDbL TIL that giving a newborn baby water can make the baby sick
OGbMR TIL Tuberculosis is listed as the oldest contagious disease to affect humans by the Guinness World Records