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TIL the Milky Way is orbited by dozens of satellite galaxies, some thousands of light-years wide

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x60go TIL 60 individuals were killed while running for political office in the 2024 Mexican General and Local elections - Mexican President Obrador claimed only 6 were assasinated
W7ERo TIL In 1784 King Louis XVI of France commissioned several scientists to investigate amimal magnetism. One of the scientists was Benjamin Franklin who performed one the first systematic controlled trials and found no evidence of animal magnetism.
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gMdwL TIL Adolf Hitler, JRR Tolkien, and Anne Frank's father all fought in the Battle of the Somme
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