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TIL about the black hole information paradox, a conflict in physics between quantum mechanics and general relativity. The latter says that matter which falls into a black hole is lost when the black hole evaporates, but this violates the principle of information conservation in quantum mechanics.

XEePR TIL Dead Birds were a common theme on Victorian Christmas cards
W7wjA TIL of Sir William Payne-Gallwey, a British MP who died after falling on a turnip.
vQrL TIL Racism and ethnic discrimination is legal under South Korean law
kOMP1 TIL about industrial melanism,where darkly pigmented insects are selected over lightly coloured ones in industrial areas,because the trees are blackened by soot and provide camouflage.
gWLy TIL the efficiency of LEDs doubles every 36 months.