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TIL that the Hubble Telescope can read newspaper print from 1 mile away.

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5VlO9 TIL about the Navajo practice of leaving a small imperfection in every item they create. Since they incorporate part of themselves into anything they make, this imperfection creates a "spirit pathway" that allows their spirit to escape.
wAl1 TIL of a man who was the last tenant in a housing unit to be developed and who was found in his apartment decapitated by a chainsaw with his death being ruled as “nothing suspicious” by authorities.
epw4g TIL that life expectancy in the 1900 was 31–32 (world average)
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