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TIL That Star Trek takes place almost COMPLETELY within the Milky Way Galaxy. ONLY the Milky Way.

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665Y TIL Pope Innocent VIII was given the blood of 3 young boys while in a coma in an attempt to save his life. All four died.
NX4XE TIL in 2017 researchers recorded a praying mantis which regularly hunted one to two guppy fish every night on a roof garden in India. Previously, aquatic prey was believed anomalous for mantises, as they were thought to have difficulty seeing movement in dark waters.
8xOZ TIL in 2007 a news anchor refused to report on Paris Hilton in the midst of the Iraq war. She ended up burning one copy of the report and shredding another, while still on the air.
eVd6 TIL a pilot landed a F-15 with only one wing left.
6E8kw TIL about a procedure called ”tooth in eye surgery”, where the patient’s tooth is removed, a tiny lens is inserted into it, and the tooth is the put inside the patient’s eye. It’s only used for rare cases of corneal blindness and only a few operations take place each year.