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TIL about TON 618 which is a very distant and extremely luminous quasar that is 10 Billion light years away. It contains the most massive known black hole that has a mass which is heavier than 66 Billion Suns.

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Y7oW TIL that in 1998, 4% of the 225 richest men’s wealth could provide for entire globe: basic education, basic health care, adequate food, clean water and safe sewers. [NY Times original source]
KOAXa TIL John F Kennedy once had a 2 year long affair with beauty queen and actress Inga Arvad, even coming very close to marrying her. The relationship ended when Joe Kennedy discovered Ms Arvad had another man in her life- the one and only Adolf Hitler- and was under FBI surveillance as a result.
9wAMB TIL the annual risk of sudden cardiac death in Black Division I basketball players is one in 5,000. In white players, it is one in 16,000.
78YjX TIL of the Dunstable Swan Jewel. A gold & enamel swan brooch made in England or France in about 1400. It’s presumed to have been intended as a livery badge given by an important figure to his supporters; probably the future Henry V of England, who was Prince of Wales in 1399.
mD1R TIL that NBA player Michael Kidd-Gilchrist watches the Lion King once a week because he used to watch it everyday with his father until he was 3 years old when his father was shot and killed.