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TIL the largest eruption in space happened in the galaxy NeVe 1 in the Ophiuchus Cluster. The eruption is 24 duodecillion (2.4 × 10³⁷) times that of Tsar Bomba, 4.7 decillion (4.7 × 10³³) times the largest supervolcano in Earth's history, and 5.7 million times the largest supernova we ever detected.

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R5NR8 TIL In 2013 a couple walking their dog in California found 8 coffee cans containing over 1,427 gold coins worth over $10 million. The original source of the hoard is still unknown.
ANROB TIL dolphins use “names." Young dolphins, within the first few months of life, display their creativity by creating a unique sound. These bleats, chirps and squeaks amount to a novel possession in the animal kingdom, a label that conveys an identity, comparable to a human name.
rVOW TIL Curly from the Three Stooges suffered from social anxiety, alcoholism, and took solace in befriending stray dogs.
AZVl TIL Shirley Chisholm became in 1968, the first African-American woman elected to Congress and survived 3 assassination attempts in 1972 while being the first major-party black candidate for President of the United States and the first woman to run for the Democratic presidential nomination.
1aerX TIL In January 2020, approximately 518 US UFO sightings were reported to the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) and 468 to the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON). Florida had the most, with 51