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TIL Red Dwarf stars live for trillions of years, and no Red Dwarf has ever died in the history of the universe.

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yQveX TIL that Chicago PD operated an off-the-books interrogation warehouse until 2015, wherein >99% of cases lawyers were shut out and detainees were denied access to phones. The precinct refuses to release reports between 1995-2004, as dealing with the physical copies would be "too burdensome"
VEpD TIL that a Pakistani soldier and a Malaysian soldier also died (along with the 18 Americans) trying to rescue the crashed American helicopter crews in Mogadishu during “Black Hawk Down”.
b6ewN TIL that, 1.7 billion years ago, there was a naturally occurring nuclear reactor that produced power for hundreds of thousands of years.
p8wlG TIL Cellophane, the clear plastic used to wrap food, is biodegradable and produced from wood pulp
ANKmB TIL that Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire were responsible for the deaths of about 10% of the global population in the 13th century.