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TIL Kobe Bryant studied sharks and even dove with them. Now a great white is named after him

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PVrL TIL that when asked how he had managed to gather so much information on his classmates, 19-year-old Mark Zuckerberg replied that they were “Dumb fucks” for trusting him
Y7mVx TIL about Quasi-stars, aka black hole stars, where the star is supported not by fusion, but the energy of a black hole consuming matter. They hypothetically existed in the early universe.
oBmEW TIL an indigenous Mexican woman from the Tarahumara community won a 50km race featuring 500 runners from 12 countries while wearing a skirt and sandals made from tyre rubber