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TIL the tail of a comet can reach 1 million km long

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4RXJ TIL Canadian astronomer and renowned eclipse chaser J. W. Campbell traveled the world for 50 years trying to see 12 different eclipses. He ran into overcast skies every time.
EgY5o TIL the black hole at the center of the Perseus Galaxy Cluster emits data that NASA “sonified” so we can hear it.
NXvPb TIL that the monobloc chair has received a polarised social reception, being described by some as "the real evil of globalization", while others have called it one of "the world's most perfectly designed object".
Ypa6r TIL a group of undercover Detroit police posing as drug dealers tried to arrest another group of undercover police posing as drug buyers.
gLgW TIL There’s a dwarf village in a remote part of North Korea. It’s created to prevent ‘short people’ from reproducing.