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TIL 62 million light-years away, there is a galaxy in the universe named, “Eye of Sauron”

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ne0Oo TIL 600 years ago the Japanese placed ancient stone markers along the coastline to warn future generations not build there due to the risk of tsunamis
E1vMW TIL about Marie Pantalon. A French woman in 1850 that decided to become a Gold Digger. She pretended to be a man to get to California, worked like any man, wielded a gun to defend her claims, and dressed in pants, unthinkable at the time, eventually obtained official permission to wear the pants.
d1e9 TIL that, in Florida, prison executioners are private citizens who are able to remain anonymous and receive $150 per execution.
8aAo8 TIL Julius Caesar had an affair with the sister of his political rival to needle him. Her son and son in law later became lead conspirators in the plot to assassinate Caesar.
X4l8 TIL there is a strip club in Portland that serves only vegan food and only allows its strippers to strip in non-animal-based clothing