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TIL Astronomers discovered a "zombie" star that went supernova in 1954...then exploded again in 2014. According to the study's lead author, "This supernova breaks everything we thought we knew about how they work."

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98XQ TIL that a British officer, wearing a monocle in Egypt during WW1, was confronted on the parade ground by lines of Australians with pennies in their eyes, threw his monocle up in the air, caught it in his eye, then turned to the parade and roared, ‘All right, you bastards, let’s see you do that.’
wLLkJ TIL of Jean O'Hara, a prostitute that made a fortune during WWII in Hawaii, her book about it resulted in brothels being shutdown in Hawaii.
woOgY TIL that the Pop-It bubble popper was originally invented in 1975 by Theo and Ora Coster of Theora Concepts: a married Israeli couple who had invented many games including Guess Who? and Zingo!. Incidentally, Theo was a former classmate of Anne Frank.
MeNG8 TIL that during the Salem witch trials, no one was burned at stake. They were hanged, left to die in prison, or pressed.
0w0e5 TIL CNN’s original web page for the OJ Simpson trial is still online. Check out that URL.