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TIL: Tesla may have been the first person to patent the radio.

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l7vXK TIL the descendants of Moctezuma II, the last Aztec emperor, are members of the Spanish nobility
d8JKr TIL In the '80s there was an intense nationwide effort in China to study ESP among children
6ELEY TIL that in 1720 a ship full of precious goods and sick people arrived in Marseille/France. In spite of clear signs, greedy merchands put pressure an the authorities to shorten the quarantine and not to burn the freight. More than 100.000 people died because of pestilence in the next two years.
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9wYRp TIL about the Degenerate Era, where the stars in our universe will run out of fuel, and the starry night sky we see today will no longer exist. Aging stars and stellar remnants will be too cold to support life. It's hypothesized to happen about 1 quintillion years after the Big Bang.