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TIL our Milky Way galaxy is estimated to contain between 100 and 400 billion stars

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0dQKy TIL of Mary Toft who in 1726 became the subject of considerable controversy when she tricked doctors into believing that she had given birth to rabbits.
KYd7B TIL that 2 people took 150 elementary children and teachers hostage in Cokeville, Wyoming. The bomb was accidentally detonated in a room full of kids and only the 2 psychopaths died.
dekd TIL that Shirley Henderson, the girl who played Moaning Myrtle (the ghost in the bathroom) was actually 37 years old when she played the character in the Harry Potter series.
eXVb TIL The Gutians were a pale & blond people from modern Iran who conquered the Akkadian Empire and briefly conquered the Sumerian Empire before disappearing from records in 2050 BC. Historians believe they might have been part of a recent wave of Indo-European migration into the Middle-East
y0PM TIL Charles Baldwin, designer of the international Biohazard symbol, said regarding his design, “We wanted something that was memorable but meaningless, so we could educate people as to what it means.”