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TIL that an object you were observing can disappear beyond the event horizon the point of no return around a black hole.

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X0JPP TIL that "genius" is spelled without an "o" , unlike the word "ingenious".
e0ZPE TIL that up until 1927, it was still legal to hunt the Kalahari bush people for sport in Southern Africa. But you needed a permit.
BgdBr TIL that there is a mcdonald's restaurant located in one of Budapest's main railway stations (a 19th century building) which has been chosen europe's most beautiful mcdonald's at one point.
RkvQ TIL Hungarian chemist George de Hevesy dissolved the gold Nobel Prizes of German physicists Max von Laue (1914) and James Franck (1925) to prevent the Nazis from confiscating them. After the war the gold was re-cast into medals and again presented to Laue and Franck.
4XaNo TIL A guy had his foot/leg amputated after a motorcycle accident. He cooked the body part and served it to friends as fajita tacos.