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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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Wkx98 TIL Stephen Hawking was the only person to ever portray themself in Star Trek
vMaj TIL: The opening of the male urethra, the meatus, is a vertical slit in order to force urine to exit in a spiral after having traveled the length of the penis in a vertically compressed tube. This design allows for greater control of the stream and also keeps the end of the urethra clean.
WkpDo TIL Chrysler invented a turbine car that could run on random combustible materials like whiskey, hairspray, and mixtapes
epgZ4 TIL With the outbreak of the French Revolution, many chefs working for the aristocracy found themselves out of work. Those who escaped the guillotine opened their own restaurants, popularizing them over traditional food establishments like taverns and inns.
aA1A TIL the genetic IQ of the world’s population is going down by 1.34 points per decade, because intelligent people have fewer children on average.