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TIL the “Pillars of Creation” have already been destroyed by a cosmic explosion, but the remains will not be visible to us for another 1,000 years.

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QYkd TIL that the meme about the Asian woman who got plastic surgery and got sued by her husband after having ugly kids was actually just a model who appeared in an advertisement. She is now unable to get modelling work, despite never having received plastic surgery.
QJpAa TIL leading up to Pearl Harbor the US lost track of Japanese aircraft carriers, observed the Japanese consulate burning documents, encountered hostile submarines near Hawaii and had reports of a cluster of aircraft 137 miles north of Oahu, yet only realized an attack was under way when bombs dropped
X0jgj TIL that the world’s most successful pirate was a Chinese woman named Ching Shih. Estimated there were 80,000 pirates under her command, ~1,000 large junks (Traditional Chinese ships) and ~800 smaller junks
9w6aX TIL the apple pie wasn't invented in America
Z8yj4 TIL Donnie Yen (the blind monk in Star Wars: Rogue One) was once leaving a Hong Kong nightclub with his girlfriend when they were attacked by a gang who had been bothering them earlier in the night. Donnie hospitalised 8 of them.