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TIL that our Milky Way galaxy is currently in the process of ripping apart and absorbing another galaxy called the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy. By the time it’s finished this game of galactic Mortal Engines, it will have added 1 billion stars to our galaxy.

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0woyL TIL a Princeton University undergraduate designed an atomic bomb for his term paper. When American nuclear scientists said it would work, the FBI confiscated his paper and classified it. Few months later he was contacted by French and Pakistani officials who offered to buy his design. He got an "A".
QJpgp TIL that 22 out of the 45 presidents of the United States of America have Irish heritage
XExDk TIL that’s the guy who sings Hey Brother by Avicii is the same guy who sang the George Clooney vocals for A Man of Constant Sorrow in the movie O’ Brother, Where Art Thou
Y7R4d TIL in 2004 actor Paul Walker secretly purchased a $10,000 engagement ring for a U.S. military veteran. Paul was at a jewelry store and overheard a couple talking about a ring they loved but that was too expensive. Paul quietly put the ring on his tab and walked out of the store.
Wk8wB TIL the song Purple Rain is a live recording performed by Prince's band at a 1983 benefit concert