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TIL that astrophysicists use the word "spaghettification" to describe what happens to matter that is dropped through a black hole.

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oBaMR TIL that executives at McGraw Hill were curious to find out why their accountant was on television racing a Mclaren F1 GTR, chartering Concorde trips and showing up to work in a Ferrari. Turns out he had been embezzling £2.8 million from them the past 5 years since he was recruited!
E9YX TIL the founder of “Pretty Good Privacy” encryption got around USA’s munition export laws by printing the entire code as a book and claiming 1st amendment rights
bnW4 TIL speeding is attributable to about 3% of accidents. Less than falling asleep at the wheel.
j6A7N TIL that the average person on Earth has viewed the Baby Shark video more than one and a half times.
gxJL TIL There is a medical condition called “Megarectum,” where the rectum is chronically dilated an average of 3.5 inches and can hold at least 6.34 cups of fluid.