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

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XE4bP TIL: In 1696, William III introduced a tax which required those living in houses with more than 6 windows to pay a levy.To avoid this, house owners would brick up all windows except 6. As the bricked-up windows prevented rooms from receiving any sunlight, the tax was known as daylight robbery.
WbWL TIL that TMZ once paid $80k for an unflattering video of Justin Bieber dropping the N-word, then leveraged it for smaller, exclusive scoops about the singer.
BGQL TIL Internet speed at NASA is 91 gigabits per second which is 13,000 times faster then average internet speed.
5Oa9 TIL Warren Buffet bought controlling stock of Berkshire Hathaway to fire the president because of a personal grudge. Buffett estimates this cost him $200b over 45 years in lost investments.
a8kK0 TIL: Bamboo will flower and seed every 40-120 years then die off. Because huge areas of bamboo are the same plant, this causes widespread death of bamboo forests, followed by major rat infestations and then famine in parts of the world. It is not known why this happens.