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TIL "Spaghettification" is a real word for what happens when things gets too close to a black hole.

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VMowQ TIL of Elizabeth of Russia. She received little education, no one wanted to marry her because her mother was a peasant, & her finacé was murdered. Regardless, when she became Empress of Russia she built the University of Moscow, the Winter Palace, & would pay the dowry of future brides.
mxrwx TIL that under Chinese occupation (which killed 1.2 million people), the Tibetan language is banned in Tibet
6nnm TIL of Lake McDonald where the water is clear and the bed is covered with multi - colored pebbles made of clay containing iron. (pics and article)
d8m89 TIL of a small (300 inhabitants) polish village where, over the last nine years, only girls have been born: the last boy is born 12 years ago
4B4N TIL that XHamster has a higher Alexa rating, #55, than BBC, CNN, and Netflix, who have #61, #62, #86, respectively.