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TIL a supernova occurs roughly every 10 seconds in the observable universe

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nXpB TIL the former Prime Minister of Ukraine, Yulia Tymoshenko, has been held in jail illegally for years and the former President that used to fight for democracy was poisoned.
dDMbQ TIL there is still one living member of the Our Gang comedies
MlVK TIL that Robin Williams had put in place a restriction on his image, or any likeness of his image, being used for 25 years after his death.
l7JDa TIL 76% of the Dutch take part in recreational cycling (i.e cycle just for fun)
dDaDZ TIL about John Cummings; a man who swallowed 35 knives over the course of 6 years, the first time was to prove to people that he could, and each time afterwards was to prove it to people who didn't believe him, he eventually died from the effects of this in 1809