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TIL that the largest known star is 4,982,686,912 times bigger than the sun, and is only 9,500 light-years away.

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mx08P TIL that surgeons used to try to speed run their operations - in one instance resulting in a 300% mortality rate for a leg amputation (done in under 2:30)
rap4 TIL that there is a rat-infested ghost ship floating somewhere in the Atlantic
1yj7 TIL that Jimmy Carter made the American microbew industry possible by legalizing the selling of malt, hops, and yeast to home brewers for the first time since Prohibition
WA5B TIL during the shooting of the Killer Rabbit scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the crew dyed the rabbit with what they assumed was washable red dye. When they realized it wasn’t, shooting was halted while the cast frantically tried to clean it before the owner realized what happened.
Lk1Wp The "wave of death" - When a driver stops and waves another car through an intersection. This "kindness" can often lead to tragedy.