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TIL there is such a thing as an antimatter factory- and one is currently active at CERN.

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R5Ga TIL that Hugh Hefner didn’t lose his virginity until he was 22.
Lbyr TIL that Olympus Mons is the largest volcano in the solar system. This Martian volcano is three times as tall as Mt. Everest and an observer near the summit would be unaware of standing on a high mountain, as the slope of the volcano would extend beyond the horizon.
Ww5N TIL that a company in the UK uses the foreskins of circumcised babies to develop an anti-wrinkle cosmetic treatments
5D48 TIL On the evening of September 11, 2001, ten thousand Iranian people gathered in Madar Square, Tehran, in a candlelight vigil to express sympathy and support for the American People.
kOn75 TIL South African novelist Bessie Head was born of an illegal union between her white mother (who was placed in a mental asylum during her pregnancy) and black father (who then mysteriously disappeared). Her works reveal empathy with children and women treated as “dead things”