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TIL black holes aren't totally black, as energy is released to compensate for mass that enters the black hole, and this faint glow is called Hawking radiation after Stephen Hawking, who figured it out

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nb4P TIL that Otis Day and the Knights (the fictional R&B band from Animal House) kept getting gigs after the movie’s release — and they still perform today!
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wPLE TIL there is a Train station in Sweden that uses people’s body heat to warm adjacent buildings
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