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TIL that astronomers have discovered 26 new black holes in the Andromeda galaxy, which neighbors Earth’s Milky Way galaxy.The group of 26 is the largest trove discovered at one time in a galaxy other than the Milky Way.

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oRkeK TIL of Adrian Carton de Wiart who served in the Boer War, First World War, and Second World War. He was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear; was blinded in his left eye; survived two plane crash and tunneled out of a prisoner-of-war camp.
DQ7Dp TIL there is an organization called the Provisional World Parliament that operates under the Constitution for the Federation of Earth, intended to serve as a way to transition to world government.
lV87 TIL sushi doesn’t mean raw fish, but vinegared rice
jNxYn TIL that the actor who played Immortan Joe - the main antagonist in Mad Max: Fury Road - also played Toecutter, the main antagonist in the original Mad Max movie.
8a1Qa TIL that the official authority for lighthouses in England is formally named "The Master Wardens and Assistants of the Guild Fraternity or Brotherhood of the most glorious and undivided Trinity and of St Clement in the Parish of Deptford Strond in the County of Kent".