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TIL the hubble telescope discovered a galaxy so big that it shouldn’t exist according to modern physics

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R5ax1 TIL Blue eyes do not contain blue pigments. The color comes from structural color, there are small particles suspended within the fibrovasular structure of the stroma that cause blue light to scatter. This is an example of the Tyndall effect.
QJKkX TIL of Lee Hyeon-seo, a North Korean defector who escaped and then went back for her mother and brother. After a long journey, her family was arrested. Lee didn’t have the money to free them. An Australian noticed her and gave her enough money to free them and two other North Koreans.
1aKbX TIL when Major Winters complained to Tom Hanks about the historical accuracy of 'Band of Brothers', Tom Hanks turned around, stated he was a genius, and said he was lucky to have it as accurate as it was. Tom estimates the show to be about 17% accurate to historical events.
16798 TIL “Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.” Some of popular Eleanor Roosevelt quotes
X0V7X TIL vocal fry is seen as a speech affectation in English, but in some languages, it changes the meanings of words. In Jalapa Mazatec: já (normal voice) means "tree" whereas já̤ (breathy voice) means “he wears” and já̰ (with vocal fry) means “he carries”