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TIL Being seen naked in your own house is illegal in Singapore under section 27A of the Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance)

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WkY9 TIL that our universe isn’t old enough for any of our red dwarf stars to have become blue dwarfs yet. So blue dwarfs are still theoretical.
BrveD TIL about whiffling. Geese can fly upside down to land faster.
gND7 TIL scientists have found evidence in Australia to support the theory that 3.5 billion years ago, a mega asteroid about 15 miles across slammed into Earth, triggering massive tsunamis and leaving craters bigger than many U.S. states
yQ7gJ TIL about the only combat casualties to occur on U.S. soil during World War II. It occurred on May 5, 1945 in rural Oregon when a Japanese high altitude balloon bomb was discovered by a group of picnic goers. One of the them touched the bomb and it detonated killing 6.
xXL7 TIL there used to be a real horse-sized duck - the Dromornis Stirtoni