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TIL that there’s a theory that states a star may be dark (called a dark star) because its mass is so large that light can’t escape the surface due to the gravity.

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7Q7P TIL that studies have shown that homework has little to no impact on students’ academic success, and that it is more beneficial for students to simply take up hobbies and spend time with family instead.
BZly TIL when Anders Celsius invented the temperature scale, he put 100 degrees as the point for freezing and 0 degrees as the point for boiling. Another scientist, Carl Linnaeus, waited until Celsius had died to change the scale to the way we read it today.
v0b7 TIL that a “band-aid” for “people of color” was marketed in the late 90s and early 00s, but failed to gain traction, partly due to retailers insistence on only featuring the item in the “ethnic sections” rather than in-line with its “white” counterparts.
oM4R TIL the cousin of the “ Internet Bully Hero”, that slams a kid on the floor at school for bullying him, committed suicide. Because of bullying.
JY5J1 TIL that after L. Ron Hubbard's death in 1986, the Church of Scientology officially claimed that he voluntarily abandoned his physical body after it became an impediment to his work, and that he had left Earth to do scientific research on another planet—having "learned how to do it without a body".