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TIL there is a super massive black hole named TON 618 which is 140 trillion times more luminous and 66 billion times more massive than the Sun. This is more mass than the entire Milky Way galaxy.

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PYoZZ TIL that there is still a passenger ocean liner in operation. The Queen Mary 2 offers a regular service from New York City and Southampton, England. It is the only passenger ocean liner in service designed primarily for travel, rather than the leisure of a cruise ship.
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