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TIL: Supernova remnants can still be visible 40,000 years after stars explode

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b91Qj TIL All the Pandas in the world belong to China (even unborn ones)
QNnoX TIL The uncle of the Red Baron, Ferdinand von Richthofen, was a noted German traveler and geographer who is credited with coining the phrase "Silk Road” (Seidenstraßen) in 1877. He also helped standardized the practices of chorography and chorology.
nWX0o TIL the USA has the largest number of registered rugby clubs in the world, with 2588
Og9R TIL that a Belgian beer club proposed to substitute beer instead of soft drinks on school menus to prevent childhood obesity.
EgMdd TIL The shipwreck of M/S Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea on September 28, 1994 and caused 852 deaths, is only about 80 meters below sea level. If you were to put the ship on her transom with the bow pointing to the sky, about half of the ship would be above the surface of the water.