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TIL that before being burned at the stake in 1600, Giordano Bruno theorized a universe that was infinite, and that stars were really distant suns.

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kOBZ7 TIL of Dean Karnazes; Ultra-Marathon runner who ran 350 miles (560 km) in 80 hours and 44 minutes without sleep in 2005
aw990 TIL about a technology that takes carbon from the atmosphere and combines it with hydrogen (and water) to create a fuel that is chemically the same as gasoline. It can be used in all gas, jet fuel, and diesel engines.
4krVR TIL that cats can have hypersomnia disorders (narcolepsy, cataplexy) just as humans do. It's harder to diagnose due to cats usual 16-20hrs/day sleep cycle, and it's as rare as in humans, but did you ever see your cat falling asleep in a middle of something?
pY7GQ TIL torrent frogs of Africa sometimes eat other frogs, indicated by the discovery of a small frog skeleton in the stomach of one of a larger frog.
nW677 TIL filmmaker Spike Lee sued Viacom, claiming that the name of the Spike TV channel exploited his public persona.