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TIL US airline workers handled a cellist's case so badly they broke both the case and the cello inside it. Southwest Airlines called it a 'baggage handling irregularity'

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epZMJ TIL that a group of Jews came to China around 10th century and lived in the heart area of China, Henan province where Yellow River flows and Chinese originated, till middle 19th century when finally broken by wars, all while maintaining their Jewish identity and traditions and even Hebrew language
yQdoJ TIL we treat our future selves like another person. When we are asked to think about ourselves, certain parts of our brain light up. When we are asked to think about our future selves, different areas of our brain light up, The same areas we use to think about other people.
RvV8 TIL that s5 0014+81, the biggest suppermassive black hole known, is so bright due to it’s huge event horizon that if it were 100 light years away from Earth (6.31 billion times more distant than the Sun), it would appear just as bright as our host star.
0dvnA TIL researchers at John Hopkins thought they'd discovered a medical breakthrough when they found a special metabolite in the urine of schizophrenic patients that nobody else had. Eventually, someone realized that ward was simply being served a different brand of coffee.
l765a TIL John Hay started his career as a personal assistant to Abraham Lincoln and after Lincoln died, Hays became a true diplomat. He served under Presidents Hayes, Garfield, McKinley, and T. Roosevelt. His career spanned almost five decades. He died while he was still U.S. Secretary of State.