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TIL A star called Betelgeuse will supernova “soon” and becomes Earths second sun for 2 weeks

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b91dQ TIL of the Nazino affair - the mass deportation of 6,000 "socially harmful" people to Nazino Island in the Soviet Union in May 1933. They were abandoned with only flour for food, and little in the way of tools, clothing, or shelter, and those who attempted to leave were killed by armed guards.
8a5n4 TIL Presidential elections held in Belarus on 23 June 1994 were the first national elections held in Belarus since the country seceded from the Soviet Union three years earlier
7rvvO TIL 22 of Russia's subdivisions are "republics", each with their own constitution, language and legislature, similar to the UK's "countries within a country" system
R58Pa TIL of Jennifer Keelan, an 8 year old girl with cerebral palsy who crawled up the steps of the Capitol building to tell Congress to pass the Americans with Disabilities Act that had been stalled in committee. It was signed into law 4 months later.
E1dEd TIL in 1978 Charlie Chaplin's grave was dug up and his body was stolen. The thieves attempted to ransom his corpse for $600,000