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TIL of GRB 080319B - in a brief period in 2008, it became the furthest object ever visible to the naked eye from Earth at a distance of 7.5 billion light years. For reference, the furthest star visible to the naked eye is only 16,000 light years away

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OGvO6 TIL that Friedrich Nietzsche is the originator of the phrase "what doesn't kill me makes me stronger"
yVyrJ TIL: Josephine Stephenson, the soprano in Tenebrae's "Miserere mei, Deus" YouTube video, wasn’t scheduled to be there
YpN5P TIL Babe Ruth was the guest of honor at a Harlem fundraiser for the benefit of a local African-American church. Other white celebrities had similarly committed to attend, but only Babe kept his word. He contributed some autographed balls along with twenty bucks out of his pocket
b7vE TIL that White Star crewmembers on the Titanic were considered fired as of the moment it sank
8aOyV TIL necrogamy (posthumous marriage) is legal in France. The living partner must send the President a request, have a serious reason, prove the couple were planning to marry, and get approval from the family of the deceased. At the ceremony, the living partner stands next to a picture of their fiancé