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TIL the ‘Eye of Sauron’ is approximately 62 million light-years away from Earth

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0wQjM TIL John Legend graduated from high school salutatorian of his class and at age 16. He was then accepted to Harvard but turned it down for the University of Pennsylvania where he would graduate. He is also one of only 15 people to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony award.
wLxnE TIL Shanghai's Tongji University started as the German Medical School in Shanghai in 1907 with funding from the German government. It became a university in 1923, receiving its funding direct from the Chinese government
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