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TIL that it was illegal in Soviet Union to not have a job

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dDAQ TIL there is a mountain in Canada called “Unnecessary Mountain”.
9Y7BD TIL that in 1995, scientists pointed the Hubble Space Telescope on the emptiest part of the sky they could find and left it for 10 days, letting light accumulate until incredibly faint objects could be detected. It resulted in an image of about 3000 galaxies. This is the Hubble Deep Field.
n1Ob TIL Dolly Parton once entered a Dolly Parton Look-A-Like contest for Drag Queens, and lost.
OG57Y TIL about “Everyone Knows That”, an 80s pop song that no one has been able to identify (besides a 17-second sample) for two years. The full-length song, artist(s), release date, and lyrics have still yet to be found.
QaAE TIL A new British owl sanctuary was opened in 2009 just to house all the pet owls abandoned by Harry Potter fans