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TIL about Zhang Guotao, a founding member of the Chinese Communist Party and one of Mao Zedong’s main rivals. He moved to Toronto, Canada after his fall from power and became a Christian disinterested in politics

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J01j TIL that in 1981, a landlord was sued for evicting a tenant who had spilled a tin of the noxious-smelling fish surstromming in the property. Upon being told he didn’t have a case to do so, the landlord simply opened a tin of surstromming in the courtroom. The judge quickly changed his mind.
OGakR TIL that the black hole TON 618 is a very bright object in space that is located near the border of two constellations. It has one of the most massive black holes ever found and is as bright as 140 trillion suns. It’s located very far away from Earth, about 18.2 billion light-years away
6gpZ TIL that for a brief time, the US Playing Card Company released a 65 card deck that included a fifth suit, a Green Eagle, that was ranked higher than spades.
XEVB8 TIL about NASA's Project Echo "sateloon" from the 1960's where they launched 100 foot in diameter inflatable reflective orbs into space to use as passive comsat relays.
BwQD TIL Michael Caine served in the infantry during the Korean War. When he was asked about it all he’ll say is he proved to himself he wasn’t a coward.