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TIL Nigeria drinks more Guinness than Ireland

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m1Zdx TIL of a Kugelblitz a theoretical astrophysical object predicted by general relativity. It is a concentration of heat, light or radiation so intense that its energy forms an event horizon and becomes self-trapped. The concentration of energy can warp spacetime so much that it creates a black hole
xvWD TIL Shirley Temple’s daughter was the bass player for The Melvins
ADbMg TIL of Thimmamma Marrimanu a 550 year old banyan tree in India with a canopy of 4.721 acres
VBO0G TIL that Sofia—the first robot to get citizenship in any country—was given this status in Saudi Arabia on 2017. This was done in order for Saudi Arabia to position itself as a leader in AI Technology.
nOB9 TIL one member of Congress told a NOAA administrator ‘Dr, I don’t need your weather satellites, I have the Weather Channel,’“