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TIL there is a region called the Eridanus Supervoid which is a cold spot ~5 degrees above absolute zero and has been theorized to be an imprint of a parallel universe.

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nW9Kb TIL that there is no land at the North Pole - just ice. The North Pole is located in the frozen Arctic Ocean. In contrast, the South Pole is located on a massive land mass - a continent. I am 69 - and have always assumed that the North and South Poles are alike.
KYJo6 TIL that some non-stick cookware releases toxic fumes when overheated, which can be deadly to pet birds.
nekNW TIL a group gamers sent a port of Super Mario Brothers 3 to Nintendo in hopes of securing a license. Impressed, but uninterested, Nintendo declined but the gamers were so impressed by their work they went on to create their own studio, id Software, which developed Wolfenstein, Quake, and Doom.
nLed TIL Walt Disney hired 11 dwarfs for the premiere of Pinocchio to dress up like the puppet and greet children. Left with a day’s worth of food and wine, by mid-afternoon there were 11 naked dwarfs running around screaming obscenities at the crowd.
MKVm TIL that the Dothraki and Valyrian languages in A Game of Thrones are heard by more people than Welsh, Irish Gaelic and Scots Gaelic combined.