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TIL about Stephenson 2-18 being the largest star in the universe at 10 billion times larger than our sun.

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69Wkm TIL that cartoon depictions of the sawfish having a sharp cutting snout are more reality than fantasy. While myths about cutting ship hulls are untrue, bad injuries result for boat crews. If caught the animal intentionally tries to cut humans. (More cool bio stuff sprinkled through rest of article.)
PV9w TIL Boudica destroyed so much of ancient London, that dozens of feet below current street level, lies a thick red, burnt strip archaeologists call the “Boudica Destruction Layer”
QJ6Q6 TIL in 1991, comic book writer Fabian Nicieza released a series called NFL SuperPro, starring an ex-NFL player superhero, with the main villain being an assassin called Instant Replay. Nicieza later revealed that his sole motivation for writing the series was getting free New York Jets tickets
v1Ob8 TIL the company that made Candy Crush was acquired for 5.9 billion while Lucasfilm was purchased by Disney for only 4 billion.
b9vwN TIL the Department of Homeland Security ran a experiment to see if government employees and contractors would use CDs and USB drives they secretly dropped in parking lots where they worked. 60 percent of the time they did, with that figure jumping to 90 percent when an official logo was visible.