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TIL - The European space agency is building an extremely large telescope that they named “The Extremely Large Telescope”

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M7D6B TIL Genghis Khan was responsible for destroying the order of Assassins.
woPrJ TIL New York City is owed over $1 billion in unpaid parking tickets and speeding fines
e0OZE Today I learned that auto makers have been adding fake engine noises to their car speaker systems, or even adding entirely separate speaker systems to increase the rumble and depth of the sound of engines to compensate for modern efficiency resulting in less oomph. It’s called a Soundaktor.
wLd1P TIL the phrase being on "cloud nine" actually comes from a cloud atlas published in 1896 that divides clouds into 10 basic types, the ninth type being cumulonimbus clouds, the most puffy-looking ones. See A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson, Part V Chapter 17 Into the Troposphere.
YNbA TIL in the United States, people who turn 100 years old receive a letter from the President, congratulating them on their longevity.