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TIL Astronomers have found a mind-bogglingly large structure – so big it takes light 10 billion years to traverse

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8avAb TIL that a CA resident has recently filed suit against the state, claiming the Dept. of Fish and Wildlife is ignoring evidence which suggests that Bigfoot inhabits the San Bernardino Mountains. She claims having seen an 800-lb sasquatch about 30 feet up in a tree, while hiking with her children.
edoJ TIL Elon Musk of Tesla Motors on being asked to comment on Artificial Intelligence said that it was humans greatest existential threat and was like summoning a Demon
P1nbn TIL of the more than 43,000 different species of spiders found in the world, less than 30 have been responsible for human deaths.
j6exQ TIL Mount Thor in Canada has the world's longest vertical drop. If you fell off it, you would fall for over a kilometer before you hit anything.
ne0Lb TIL about culture-bound syndromes, psychiatric/medical disorders that are only found in specific cultures/groups.