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TIL the term used by scientists to describe "falling" into a black hole: spaghettification.

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5Ybj8 TIL the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) had a massive coffee shortage in the 70s. As such, the SED (Social Unity Party) contacted Angola, Cuba, and especially Vietnam, to trade weapons for high quality coffee beans.
QNdle TIL of the artwork Tilted Arc, a 120 foot long and 12 foot high piece of metal, which caused a public debate in Manhattan as many people thought it was ugly. It was removed in 1989 and has not been displayed in public since in accordance with the artist's wishes since the piece is site-specific.
9wV4r TIL that medieval kings had a personal banker called the Court Jew
VM97k TIL a field of seagrass converts carbon dioxide to oxygen at over 8x the rate of a forest the same size.
8YG4 TIL that a man once robbed two banks with lemon juice on his face, thinking that lemon juice’s “invisible ink” property would erase his face from security camera footage.