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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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LQbOm TIL The only Commandant of the US Marine Corp to be fired from their post was removed for excessive drinking and "conduct unbecoming an officer." He is also the only former commandant whose burial location is unknown and has no official portrait.
Qemp TIL George Clooney’s Satellites have Captured Piles of Bodies and Mass Graves in Sudan
XAoD TIL there is a Superhero whose sole power is being able to remove his limbs to bludgeon people
Zxxp TIL in 1977 five TV stations in the UK had their audio simultaneously hijacked for over 6 minutes by someone claiming to be an Alien and warning Earth.
x6bYw TIL that Dr. Evan O'Neill Kane, who had removed his own appendix, was the first surgeon to bring music into the operating room