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TIL that powerful jets of high-energy particles created by supermassive black holes must be pointed at Earth to be called a Blazar

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567r TIL that legendary gambler Phil Ivey won over $9 million dollars playing baccarat with the help of a woman named Chen Yin Sun. Sun spent hundreds of hours memorizing flaws in the patterns on the back of the playing cards–aberrations along margins of the card backs, no wider than 1/32 of an inch.
neyYG TIL Van Morrison was so upset at his record label for the crappy contract that he recorded 31 crappy songs on purpose to fulfill his contractual obligations. They weren't released until 2017 and only got out of his Bang Record contract when Bert Berns died of a heart attack.
ZeLY TIL every resident of Alaska gets an annual “oil royalty check”–a payment representing their share of revenue from Alaskan oil. In 2008 the payout reached a high of $2,069, or $8,276 for a family of four.
ANlAd TIL Rats breed so quickly that in just 18 months, 2 rats have created over 1 million relatives. Female rats can mate around 500 times in a six-hour period.
nWkOB TIL That Robert Downey Jr. was the first ever voice actor for Mr. peanut.