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TIL that the sun is not big enough to become a black hole.

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yVlg8 TIL State-sponsored cannibalism was common during Safavid Persia as a show of loyalty or to terrorize enemies. Ismail I ordered several of his enemies eaten. By the time of Shah Abbas I, there was a corp of soldiers called the Chigiyyin whose job was to eat prisoners raw and alive until they died.
kOoA4 TIL in 1969, Brazilian bus drivers were arrested for training beetles to crawl inside fare boxes and carry out the coins. The beetles were also arrested.
xMKo TIL Dark roast coffee actually has less caffeine than light roasts
YO6A TIL of the ‘Secret War’, where the CIA recruited 50% of the Hmong population to fight for the US in the Vietnam War. Afterwards, they were completely abandoned.
yQ0B8 TIL when the University of California, San Diego is moving from being a D2 school to a D1 school in college sports, students will have to pay an additional $480 per year in fees