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

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l7QnG TIL that in a neuroscience study, lab mice tried to revive unconscious cage-mates by grooming them, sniffing, and pulling on their tongues- behaviors resembling first aid.
nWJpW TIL that the North American Tectonic Plate is so large it includes Greenland, parts of eastern Russia, and parts of northern Japan
xYOw TIL that X-Files star, David Duchovny, got a Masters at Yale, and was working on his Phd dissertation called “Magic and Technology in Contemporary Literature and Poetry”, when he quit to become an actor
69bxY TIL at the premiere for "Saving Private Ryan," while Mike Myers was still tearing up after the movie because his parents fought in World War II, DreamWorks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg pitched him "Shrek" and Myers thought “Well, that’s the worst fucking title I’ve ever heard in my life.”
lox4B TIL Fernald State school exposed mentally ill children to radioactive isotopes to document the effects. They had no permission from the kids or their parents & told the kids they were part of a “science club.” The experiments were conducted by Harvard University & sponsored by Quaker Oats.