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TIL that an 11 year old accidentally invented popsicle

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BrxDd TIL that 97% of the galaxies in our observable Universe are permanently unreachable by humans. The Universe is expanding so rapidly that even if humans left earth today, travelling at the speed of light, they could only ever reach about 3% of the total number of galaxies in our observable Universe.
QgE9 TIL there was a 10,000 bedroom Nazi hotel that was never used
epe0L TIL paper wasps are highly effective and more sustainable pest control agents than pesticides. And that native biocontrol is urgently required for sustainable future food production.
lood1 The boomerang seems as Australian as ''Waltzing Matilda,'' but the oldest specimen may have come from a far distant part of the world -Poland. Scientists, there have found a 23,000-year-old piece of the curved mammoth tusk that some ancient artisan carved and polished into the aerodynamic shape of a boomerang.
KObkB TIL that the top 10% of drinkers account for more than half of all alcohol consumed in the U.S. Which equates to them consuming an average 73.85 drinks per week.