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TIL astronomers have recently discovered a potentially habitable planet just 16 light-years away from Earth

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W8Oo TIL that in 1348 the Scots invaded the English because they were weakened by the plague. The Scots subsequently caught the plague themselves, went back to Scotland, and killed their own population
jr8R TIL that Hedy Lamarr, an exotic actress from Vienna in the 1940s had patented a wireless communications technology that wasn’t rediscovered by scientists until 1997, her ideas weren’t taken seriously at the time because she was a woman
d8pd9 TIL that approximately 11% of people have a mental health condition globally.
9XeM TIL the KGB spy assigned to George Orwell would later lose his faith in Communism, after reading Orwell’s books
dDAa7 TIL that contrary to popular belief, "kids these days" are actually becoming more patient, better at receiving delayed-gratification, and smarter compared to kids born 50 years ago!