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TIL of heat death, where the universe will eventually turn into a cold void with no interactions between particles, its ultimate death

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Eg5nw TIL about the Chinese Tiangong space station, which has been permanently crewed since 2022.
NX4rN TIL the Wampanoag and other tribes of the Eastern United States hold an annual demonstration every Thanksgiving called the Day of Mourning, to raise awareness toward historical and ongoing struggles facing Native American tribes.
64PQ TIL 3 people were hanged for the 1660 murder of William Harrison in the year 1661. In 1662, William Harrison returned on a ship after escaping slavery, having been kidnapped by pirates. This lead to the “no body, no murder” rule.
MeYw0 TIL that there's a town in the Dominican republic which for some time has had a regular population of children who appear female throughout childhood, but develop male organs during puberty. They call these boys "guevedoces" which is slang for "eggs (testes) at twelve".
rR70W TIL: At least 167 species of bats are hunted around the world, including in US territories Samoa and Guam