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TIL that the planet Neptune, which can only be seen by telescope, was mathematically predicted before it was directly observed for the first time on the night of September 23–24, 1846, at the Berlin Observatory, by astronomer Johann Gottfried.

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OoDe7 TIL that based on geological definitions of a continent, the Earth actually has a lost eighth continent, known as Zealandia. Most of this continent is submerged beneath the sea, while a tiny sliver, including New Zealand, is above the water.
m1VWo TIL The ingredients of the modern image of La Catrina were drawn together as recently as 1910 by the Mexican illustrator Jose Guadalupe Posada.
1ZAX TIL a new variation of chess, called Marahajah, in which the black army has all it’s pieces while the white army has only it’s queen (the marahajah) which can move as a knight and a queen.
v1de8 TIL there was a Tennessee Republican politician who changed his middle name to 'Low tax' so that it would appear on the ballot box, murdered his political opponent in a later senatorial race, was sentenced to life and died in prison.
1aPGO TIL that NASA has a man that sniffs everything before it goes to space and if he doesn’t like the smell, the object doesn’t go into space.