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TIL that there is a giant solar power plant in China that looks like an adorable panda

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kpEE TIL in 2008 there was a gamma ray burst, a violent cosmic explosion, 7.5 billion lightyears away, which is halfway across the visible universe, which could have been seen with a naked eye from the surface of the Earth. Anyone who saw it was looking billions of years into the past with their eyes.
9YO46 TIL that Edmund Ironside was allegedly stabbed whilst on a toilet, by an assassin hiding in the pit beneath. The assassin escaped after leaving the weapon fixed in Edmund's bowels
VM0aD TIL that it is illegal to include the Emergency Broadcast system alert tones in any broadcast media in any context, unless it's coming through the actual Emergency Broadcast System. Even when remixed to sound different, networks can be fined thousands of dollars for each time the tone is broadcast.
5rP9 TIL that’s a group called Bikers Against Child Abuse International; these bikers will protect the homes of children and accompany them into court to testify.
No5E TIL One of North Korea’s largest exports is giant statues of foreign dictators.