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TIL that half of all stars aren’t in a galaxy

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v1wxB TIL HOFer Andre Dawson is a mortician in Southern Florida helping families through grief during the pandemic.
yQyoM TIL in 1954 an archaeologist discovered 1,224 intact pieces of wood from 2500BC under the Great Pyramid of Giza. A boat builder then spent 14 years figuring out how they fit together and un-warping them to assemble the "Khufu ship", visible in a museum today.
D6PD TIL - Studies have found female named hurricane’s kill more people than male named hurricanes because people don’t find them as intimidating and don’t take the proper precautions.
9Qd6 TIL Edward Pena, one of the trapped Chilean miners finished a marathon after training everyday while trapped in the mine for 69 days
E1QkP TIL Botswana's currency is named Pula which literally means "rain" in their official language. This is because rain is very scarce in Botswana — home to much of the Kalahari Desert — and therefore valuable and a blessing.