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TIL if space is infinite, or sufficiently large and uniform, identical instances of the history of Earth's entire Hubble volume may occur every so often, simply by chance. Physicists and Cosmologist Max Tegmark calculated that our nearest so-called doppelgänger is 10^10^115 metres away from us

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6NkW TIL that the US ranks 47th in the world in Freedom of Press
yVyLa TIL about: Telmatobius culeus; an endangered water frog. In reference to its excessive amounts of skin, it has jokingly been referred to as the Titicaca scrotum water frog.
KO8xQ TIL in 1925, archaeologist Leonard Woolley discovered the world's first museum in the palace of Princess Ennigaldi. It was created in 530 BCE with the newest artifact dating nearly 700 years older than the pavement it rested upon, and most of the items were carefully stored and labelled.
d84ed TIL that in 1934, a group of Wall Street bankers planned to create a militia and overthrow President Roosevelt in a military coup d'état
0dRNj TIL that Arkham Asylum, an insane asylum appearing in numerous Batman/DC storylines, was taken directly from the work of H.P Lovecraft