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TIL the last feudal state collapsed in 2008, a tiny island called Sark where cars, street lights and divorce are illegal

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e0rJJ TIL that astronomers have discovered a massive black hole with a huge appetite. Each day, the black hole named J2157 consumes gas and dust equivalent to the mass of the Sun, making it the fastest-growing black hole in the universe.
GYRpJ TIL On September 11th, Flight 93 was delayed by 42 Minutes. The hijacked planes were supposed to take off within 15 minutes of each other. That gave warning to the cockpit, and could have been the reason United 93 never hit their intended target.
Z4Vv TIL that Iceland makes unusually extensive and public use of its ID numbers and that this has eliminated the need for the country to conduct a regular census: population statistics can be obtained by simply querying a database open to everyone.
8aNQV TIL the world's first microprocessor was built in 1968 for the F-14 Tomcat fighter jet (featured in the cinema classic "Top Gun"), and was kept classified until 1998
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