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TIL of the Continuum hypothesis : An hypothesis that has been proven unprovable under current mathematics.

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4RyX TIL that Mughal emperor Shah Jahan got rid of the scaffolding on the Taj Mahal by telling peasants that any of the scaffolding material they took was theirs to keep. Apparently they took it away in a single night.
e0vbb TIL that the magnetosphere of Jupiter, extends up to seven million kilometers in the Sun's direction and almost to the orbit of Saturn in the opposite direction. If it was visible from Earth, in the night sky, it would be roughly 4 to 5 times bigger than our moon
PY8Qg TIL that DMT has been found to bind to the sigma-1 receptor, which plays a key role in protecting cells from dying when oxygen is low, making room for the argument that DMT may indeed be released in large quantities during death in a last-gasp attempt to keep our cells alive.
8ewrb TIL that Dox is a is a white dwarf having an atmosphere of almost pure oxygen.
MeVDB TIL that Diarrhea killed approximately as many people as HIV and AIDS in 2012