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TIL that all Disc Galaxies rotate at about the same frequency (about once per billion years).

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epn4k TIL that in 1944 a Sci-fi writer wrote a short story describing nuclear bombs and their construction methods called "Deadline". It was so accurate that the Counter intelligence Corps feared a leak or spy on the Manhattan Project. In actuality the info was always there in public scientific journals.
nKMb TIL the KGB tried to blackmail Indonesian President Sukarno by telling him they had a sex tape of him. Sukarno was delighted and asked for extra copies
x6KDk TIL the Indian Ocean was called "Eastern Ocean" through the mid-18th century, but the Chinese used to call it "Western Ocean"
LQb5v TIL that Michigan and Ohio went to war in the 1830s over… Toledo.
b9Xkp TIL that some stray dogs in Moscow have mastered its complex subway system. They get on and off at regular stops. They also know how to deal with the Metro’s crowds and loud noises, distractions that domesticated dogs can’t often handle.