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TIL in 2007 University of Minnesota researchers found a huge hole in the universe a billion light years across that is not a black hole and is completely devoid of matter.

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9jgG TIL Bender in Futurama is named after John Bender from The Breakfast Club
e0rm5 Today I learned about Peregrine Falcons. Able to dive at 240mph pulling 8g's of force, the falcon has a special beak design that allows them to shut air off from their lungs so they don't pass out during high speed dives.
XeLk TIL than Scrooge McDuck is worth 44 Billion and is placed on the Forbes 15 fiction list. And that such a list exists.
7rNEP TIL the names of the ghosts in the game Pac- Man are Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde
RkYw TIL the Dalai Lama supports abortion in cases where the child will be retarded or if the birth will create serious problems for the parent.