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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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Z1KG TIL that the name of textbook rental company, Chegg, comes from the contraction of chicken and egg, based on the founders’ experience after graduating from college; they could not land a job without experience, but could not get experience without a job, a chicken or the egg type of quandary.
oBBlA TIL that there is a desk full of candy in the US Senate
rRbOW TIL about Cicada Killer Wasps who are so obsessed with cicadas that they start feeding on them from birth.
yQGwa TIL M&M's are named after it's founder's Mars & Murrie
loMdG TIL that the CIA headquarters has its own Starbucks, but baristas don’t write names on the cups, its receipts say “Store Number 1” instead of “Starbucks,” and its workers need an escort to leave their work posts.