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TIL the biggest structure in the universe is over 10 billion light years across but we have no idea how it was formed.

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9JdG TIL Sailor Moon in Japan had a lesbian couple, Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptume. In the English translation this is censored, stating they are cousins instead. Due to problematic dubbing flirting was left in, leading some viewers to infer their relationship as incestuous.
W7YrN TIL that in 1956, an overnight DJ asked his audience to go to bookstores and ask for a non-existent book called "I, Libertine". Eventually, the book made it to the NYT bestseller list.
nWJkB TIL that Execution by Electric Chair was almost called "gerrycide" after the grandson of the guy who gerrymandering is named after.
YVDv TIL there was a fad in the 50s called telephone booth stuffing where young people would try to stuff themselves in phone booths.
grdxX TIL After Qing China defeated and genocided the Dzungars, Dzungar leader Amursana fled to Siberia and died. The Qing Emperor demanded his body be surrendered for "posthumous punishment" (past examples: public display, destruction of ashes), but the Tsar refused, causing a diplomatic incident.