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TIL that at the center of the Milky Way and other galaxies are giant black wholes that could have a role in star reproduction.

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8epJa TIL that the term Gaslighting comes from a 1938 play and a 1944 film, in which an abusive husband Gregory manipulates his wife Paula to make her feel as if she has gone mad. One of the ways he does this is by dimming and brightening the gaslights, all while convincing Paula that its all in her head.
5ewB TIL Blood plasma compatibility is opposite red blood cell compatibility: AB is the universal donor for plasma
VBQLm TIL that during production of the 2008 independent film Trucker, actress Michelle Monaghan earned her commercial driver's license and did the semi-trailer truck driving scenes herself.
Vd5p TIL That after a Colonel called his men “animals” for cutting off the heads of Japanese dead and impaling them on poles, one soldier responded “That’s right Colonel, we are animals. We live like animals, we eat and are treated like animals–what the fuck do you expect?”
9wYb7 TIL that William Rainey Harper, the first president of the University of Chicago, invented the community college.