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TIL that the solar system is passing through an interstellar cloud that physics says should not exist.

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WkPOB TIL Mark Thatcher, the son of Margaret Thatcher, is a convicted felon after financing the 2004 coup attempt in Equatorial Guinean in exchange oil concessions. He served 4 years in prison and was fined US$560,000. The UK knew about the planned coup, and it's possible the Bush government did as well.
JYOYv TIL Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huangdi died eating mercury pills that were supposed to prolong his life. Afraid that news of his death would cause a revolt, his trusted advisors transported his body back to his palace among barrels of rotten fish, to mask the smell.
nWddB TIL that NBA player Bill Walton was an uncredited background extra in the 1984 film Ghostbusters
Kmy4 TIL thousands of Japanese-Americans served in the U.S. army as segregated unit (442nd) during WWII while their families were locked up in internment camps and became the most decorated unit in U.S. military history.
LQVB9 TIL The UK has been rabies-free since the beginning of the 20th century.