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TIL the hottest place in the universe is on Earth. In a lab, scientists created plasma with temperatures of 5 trillion degrees Celsius, hotter than the center of the sun.

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9w89Q TIL California is home to the tallest living object in the world. It’s a redwood tree named Hyperion that is 379.7 feet high.
xVnx0 TIL Dean Norris has played a law enforcement official a lot. He said, “I used to call myself the alphabet actor. FBI, CIA, DEA, You name it, I’ll play it.” In total as of 2015, Norris has played some sort of law enforcement official 35 times.
mdkP TIL the writer of “one flew over the cuckoo’s nest” Ken Kesey faked his own death and fled to mexico because he was caught in possession of marijuana
LXGP TIL that having excessive body hair is linked to having higher intellect
7O6Z TIL rockets have white and black patterns named “roll patterns” to monitor their movement when launched.