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TIL that there is a giant water vapor cloud in the middle of the cosmos that is 12 billion light-years away, is 100,000 times larger than the sun, and holds about 140 trillion times more water than all of Earth’s oceans.

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Y7DJP Today I learned the United States government agencies and Lloyd Jowers were found responsible for killing Dr. Martin Luther King Junior and frame James Earl Ray.
ZpZ9D TIL of the Mann Gulch Fire in 1949 that claimed the lives of 13 young firefighters. Crew Chief Wag Dodge survived by setting the first known “escape fire” but was unable to convince his men that it was their only hope of survival.
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