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TIL “most stars we see in the night sky have already died” is a popular myth. In fact, nearly all stars we see in the night sky are alive and well

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0d1oR TIL about "terra preta" ("black soil"), a very dark and fertile regenerating soil present in the Amazon Basin.
WkB98 TIL that John Cassavetes, Peter Falk & Ben Gazzara appeared quite drunk on The Dick Cavett show. They were promoting their movie "Husbands" and basically tormented Cavett for 35 minutes while flopping around, smoking and just being plain old asses. Link to clip in the comments.
74oX TIL to get revenge on fellow Boy Scouts who bullied him, a Tokyo resident mailed more than 500 boxes of soggy, smelly garbage including old underwear and rotten tea leaves to his tormentors, writing a random destination as the address with the bully’s return address in order to escape detection.
8R1L TIL if the mostly unknown 10th President of the USA-John Tyler, hadn’t implemented the Monroe Doctrine, Hawaii would be a British colony today
VMgEp TIL sailors aboard submarines work 6 hour shifts so that it is easier for them to give their undivided attention to the equipment they operate during a shorter shift. The military also switched submarines from an 18-hour work day to a traditional 24-hour one, improving morale significantly.