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TIL: NASA has found that under certain conditions the moon rings like a bell.

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NY0N TIL: The No Child Left Behind Act requires schools to provide contact information for students to military recruiters
PYmVw TIL about the Irukandji jellyfish, a small and venomous jellyfish, that lives off the Australian coast. A sting, which initially feels like a mosquito bite, escalates to "Irukandji Syndrome", causing pain, cramping, headaches, vomiting, anxiety, and an impending sense of doom.
4X1n5 TIL Quasar P352-15, is known as the brightest object in the Universe. At a distance of 13 Billion Light-Years Away, this quasar comes from a time when our Universe was only 7% its current age.
yQlov TIL that Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer was originally composed by a copywriter, as the marketing campaign for a promotional colouring book
LmKd TIL that JJ Abrams has made a deal with Valve to produce films based on Portal and Half-Life