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Today I Learned that the Most Recent Supernova Seen in the Milky Way Galaxy was on October 9, 1604

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GveE TIL Ted Turner, founder of Turner Broadcasting, donated $1 billion to the UN, called observers of Ash Wednesday “Jesus freaks,” Christianity a “religion for losers,” opponents of abortion “bozos,” and advocates a one-child policy for the USA.
0wQDA TIL the 2nd deadliest day for law enforcement in the U.S. was a 1917 bomb attack that killed nine Milwaukee police officers. The original target was a local church but a boy discovered the suspicious package and brought it to the police department, where it exploded. (The deadliest day was 9/11.)
VB0A8 TIL that Johnny Cash was such a devout Christian, that in 1990, he recorded himself reading the entire New Testament Bible (NKJ Version). The entire recording has a running time of more than 19 hours.
DkMj TIL Classical marble statues used to be painted in color; although they have faded to blank whiteness, we can use UV light to see the original textures
dJgQ TIL that baby squirrels will only pee and poop in their mother’s mouth so that the mother can dispose of the waste outside the nest in order to keep predators from smelling the scent.