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TIL that Abraham De Moivre, a French mathematician, successfully predicted the date of his own death in 1754

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p85GG TIL about the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs. It's not only responsible for the exploration of outer space, but is also the bureau that will start communication with aliens if some would visit our planet.
m1J0P TIL about the massacre of Huta Pieniacka where soldiers of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS brutally murdered more than a thousand ethnic Poles
oM9A TIL dogs have areas of their brain that process faces, just like humans
0wJ5M TIL tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur
Qa49 TIL of the clergy letter project. Over 13,000 Christian clergy have signed an open letter affirming that evolution and god can coexist.