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TIL parents in China can sue their children if they do not visit often enough

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oRVQo TIL a man had purchased a $2 tintype photograph at an antique shop, only to uncover its astonishing secret – it was an exceedingly rare image of Billy the Kid, making it just the second known photograph in existence of the iconic outlaw. The tintype photograph has since been appraised at $5 million.
gM4OD TIL There is an estimated 100 billion galaxies in the universe. "That’s 13 galaxies for every living person. Averaging 100 billion stars per galaxy, that’s 1.3 trillion stars, for you alone."
9Y9yQ TIL penguins can drink saltwater because of glands near their eyes that remove salt from their bloodstream and then they can sneeze out the extra salt.
xpLb TIL before the launch, one of the scientists took Laika home to play with his children. In a book chronicling the story of Soviet space medicine, Dr. Vladimir Yazdovsky wrote, “I wanted to do something nice for her: She had so little time left to live.”
4XMKw TIL about Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawananakoa, America's only princess, the great-grandniece of Queen Liliuokalani