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TIL that our eyes get puffy after crying because tissue around our eyes absorbs the overflow of tears - also learned that there are 3 types of tears.

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QN9aX TIL a supernova releases the equivalent of ~3*10^28 megatonnes of tnt worth of energy. For comparison the largest man made explosion ever(Tsar Bomba) released 50 megatonnes of tnt equivalent.
nnob TIL the gif with the laughing black man on a boat is actually the former president of Uganda laughing about the Holocaust.
m1nAx TIL that a crocodile reached 39 feet in length. Sarcosuchus (nicknamed "SuperCroc") had a jaw so powerful that it could crush bone, which the animal used to hunt dinosaurs and other prey much larger than itself. SuperCroc weighed 8 tons, equal to two adult elephants, but went extinct with dinosaurs.
9YoMX TIL Philippe II Auguste once suggested a duel between five champions on each side to decide a battle between France and England, but changed his mind after Richard the Lionheart suggested that the kings were among the champions, as Richard was too good of a knight.
6YKm TIL that the Hubble Space Telescope is fully open for public use, regardless of nationality or academic background