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TIL in 2020 scientists captured the first direct image of a solar system that closely resembles our own (roughly 300 light years away), that is to say it marked the first time astronomers have observed more than one planet orbiting a star similar to the Sun.

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RL44 TIL Albert Einstein and Jewish Intellectuals saw the beginning of the Israeli-Palestinian struggle in 1948, warned the U.S. in an open letter to the New York Times.
pP9Q TIL to crack down on alcohol related violence, organizers restricted the amount of alcohol campers could take to Australia’s biggest car race, the Bathurst 1000. To 24 cans. Per person. Per day.
d7QE TIL that the guy who made UK’s porn filters is now under arrest for charges of child porn.
R7oX9 TIL in Jan 2011, a pilot mistook Venus for an oncoming aircraft and sent his plane into an emergency dive to avoid a midair collision.
J1wlQ TIL Sonora Carver, one of the first female horse divers, went blind from retinal detachment while diving with her horse, Red Lips, at an Atlantic City show in 1931. Despite her permanent injury, she continued horse diving for another 11 years.