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TIL of the “Demon Core,” a plutonium sphere that killed scientists on TWO separate occasions

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w06W TIL there is a star in our galaxy that is 5 billion times volume of our sun.
69AWW TIL of “Sundown Town”. Sundown towns are all-white municipalities or neighborhoods in the United States that practice a form of racial segregation by excluding non-whites via some combination of discriminatory local laws, intimidation or violence.
JYWE1 TIL cars like the 1968 Pontiac GTO or 1971 Buick Riviera and 1992 Nissan Quest or 1995 Nissan Sentra were designed by the same man - Jerry Hirschberg, who also managed to release a hit single in 1959.
EW6o TIL That in 2004, police discovered a secret underground cinema with professionally installed electricity, phone lines, full bar, classic movies and recent thrillers, and more in the catacombs under paris. Upon returning 3 days later, a note was found that read “Do not try to find us”
JYRdj TIL: An 18th century German named Matthew Birchinger, aka "the little man of Nuremberg," played instruments, was a calligrapher and a famous magician. He performed tricks that have never been explained. Yet he had no hands, legs, or thighs, and was less than 29 inches tall.