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TIL the galaxy M100 is so far away that if beings from there were to look at Earth right now, they would be watching the realtime extinction of the dinosaurs.

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oRmxr TIL that Monday kicked off Good Night Lights week in Providence, RI, where each night at 8:30pm residents with a view of Hasbro Children’s Hospital flicker lights in their homes for one minute to signal goodnight to patients there.
P1JxO TIL John Malkovich voiced Santa in a 1987 Holiday Special
vP5X7 TIL about the unusual death of Vladimir Likhonos, who died by dipping his chewing gum in explosive powder. He mistook the powder for citric acid, which he dipped his gum in to increase its sourness.
5Ymv8 TIL That Michael Ironside managed to beat cancer twice: thyroid and prostate.
aJLy TIL in 1975 P&G released the super-absorbent and long-lasting ‘Rely’ Tampon brand, marketed under the tagline “It Even Absorbs the Worry.” However, because women left the tampon in so long, the bloody tampon was perfect environment to culture bacteria, causing an epidemic of Toxic Shock Syndrome.