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TIL there is a modded version of WhatsApp that allows you to hide/archive chat groups permanently

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9Y7BD TIL that in 1995, scientists pointed the Hubble Space Telescope on the emptiest part of the sky they could find and left it for 10 days, letting light accumulate until incredibly faint objects could be detected. It resulted in an image of about 3000 galaxies. This is the Hubble Deep Field.
4kR95 TIL that famed scientist George Washington Carver had a respiratory infection in his youth which him with an unusually high pitched voice that “startled all who met him.”
oDQ7 TIL: There are no qualifications to be a Justice on the United States Supreme Court; you don’t even have to be a lawyer.
GwK4 TIL that dogs have a branch of nerves in their ears and when you rub them it releases endorphins, making them extremely relaxed with a type of natural high.
NgK1 TIL that on many major airlines, a pilot must eat a different in-flight meal to his co-pilot to minimise the risk of food-related illnesses compromising the flight.