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TIL just after the big bang there was a giant cold spot in the universe which cannot be explained, but may have been caused by our universe colliding with another.

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gK5W TIL in 1986 NASA asked Big Bird to enter into a space mission to encourage kids to get interested in space. The big bird suit was too big for the spacecraft meaning he could not fly, the spacecraft that he was meant to be on exploded as it was taking off.
9YveB TIL Fraudsters in China cost Apple over $2 Billion by returning fake iPhones for refunds
E8a0 TIL Keith Richards heard the riff to “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” in a dream. He woke up, played the riff on a tape recorder and mumbled “I can’t get no satisfaction” and went back to sleep.
4vP6 TIL Cartman killed his own dad. Scott Tenorman’s dad, Jack Tenorman, was Eric Cartman’s real father.
R7JRQ TIL the Dwarves in Middle Earth were created by an impatient Angel who wanted to have children of his own and teach them his crafts. Eru Ilúvatar (God) and creator of the Elves and Men was not pleased by this disobedience, but forgave his son and then adopted the Dwarves, allowing them to exist.