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TIL Until the 1990s, the Sun was the only star whose surface had been resolved

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KYEQ4 TIL users of the foot fetish site WikiFeet were involved in debunking a hoax involving a picture of a woman's feet in a bathtub, purported to be a nude posted online by a US congresswoman. The site's users identified the true owner of the feet, with the short toe length being a key piece of evidence
kRYm TIL there is a theory known as the “Mandela Effect” which states we might be living in parallel universes due to many people having the same ‘false memories’ of past events that did or did not happen.
YPMW TIL that under the Articles of Confederation, Canada could join at any time
woXOW TIL convicted NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere has had many girlfriends who died untimely and suspicious deaths. One girlfriend, who simply disappeared, was last seen alive at a NXIVM meeting.
g7Ob TIL that Thomas Jefferson proposed a bill that punished male rapists with castration.