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TIL dark matter could warm certain planets in the place of a sun, allowing life to arise on a sunless planet.

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m1plv TIL: This Chinese card game "Fight the Landlord" really related to the real history Land Reform Movement in China in 1950s. Interestingly about the gameplay is that this game is for 3 players: 1 landlord vs 2 farmers.
x6BMD TIL the symbols on playing cards and dots on dice are called "pips"
OodJ4 TIL in 2019 thieves broke into the Green Vault, the largest collection of treasures in Europe, escaping with an estimated $1 billion in items. There are no known suspects and no one has been arrested to date.
LdEV TIL: Adding lanes to highways doesn’t reduce traffic, it increases it…a phenomenon called induced demand
d8LPj TIL that Ulysses S. Grant went on a post-presidency world tour from 1877-79. He was received quite well, often greeting cheering crowds, being offered gifts, and meeting various heads-of-state. He even acted as an unofficial diplomat in some cases, such as a land dispute between China and Japan.