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

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XEgLr TIL that up until 2016, there was a pool in the middle of nowhere out in the Mojave desert that anybody could go to.
KZPw TIL Koko, the gorilla who scientists have been teaching sign language, is very interested in nipples and routinely asks the human researchers around her to show her their nipples
gAVD TIL: That on 9/11, after the first plane hit the North Tower of the WTC, people in the South Tower wanted to leave but were advised by a announcement to stay at their desks. Some of those who tried to leave anyway were turned back by security in the building before the exits. 1,120 died.
y00p TIL of the ‘Judas Goat,’ a goat which would keep panicked livestock calm in a slaughterhouse. The goat would stay calm because it would always live.
rwMy TIL that sling bullets from the siege of Perusia (41 BC) have been found with phrases on them such as “catch”, “take this”, and “For Pompey’s backside”