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TIL humans hadn’t detected any planets outside of our solar system until 1991, just 26 years ago. Before then, we had no evidence that planets existed around any other star in the universe.

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Ypv8x TIL a test to determine whether a person is susceptible to catch scarlet fever is called "The Dick test" after its inventor.
dDR1Z TIL that the Pentagon has never passed a financial audit
78peP TIL There are more flamenco schools in Japan than Spain
p6Pb TIL when an underwater bubble is popped with a soundwave, it produces light. After 70 years of trying, scientists still can’t explain it
PyGw TIL In DNA tests of Tutankhamun’s mummy, scientists found DNA from the mosquito-borne parasites that cause malaria. This is currently the oldest known genetic proof of the disease.