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TIL That FRB 121102, the first known repeating fast radio burst discovered in 2012, unleashes millisecond flashes packing as much energy as our Sun emits in three days and originates from a dwarf galaxy 3 billion light-years away

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ZgGY TIL that more than 900 workers have already died building Qatar’s World Cup infrastructure. The International Trade Union Confederation says that if conditions don’t improve, at least 4,000 migrants will die before kick-off.
loGNG TIL Blue Whales are the largest animal to have ever existed on Earth, being larger than all dinosaurs, and every single big sea animal from the past
x6Vv1 TIL: In 2003, there was a real Trolley car scenario in which authorities actively chose to endanger fewer people than doing nothing
EnNd TIL that there is a species of rhino that is so endangered, that it has its own 24 hour armed gaurds to protect it from poachers.
R7xJ8 TIL USA first lady Dolley Madison served ice cream in the White House around the 1810s. Her favorite flavor to serve was Oyster flavored ice cream