TIL Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star in the shoulder of Orion, will end in a supernova explosion that will be bright enough to be seen during the day. The brightness will last several months but will not harm the earth. It should happen within 100,000 years.

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TIL that Da Hong Pao (English: Big red robe) is extremely expensive. During the Qing Dynasty, it was known as the “King of teas.” President Richard Nixon was even gifted 200g of the tea when he visited China in 1972 to represent friendship between the two countries.

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TIL that on 10 December 1901, Wilhelm Röntgen received the first Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering X-rays. He refused to give a Nobel lecture, refused to patent the discovery, and even refused to name the rays after himself – yet many countries still call X-rays Röntgenstrahlen.

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TIL that Edward VIII, who became king in 1936, broke a centuries-old British coin tradition – where each monarch’s portrait faced the opposite way to their predecessor – by insisting he face left like his father so his hair parting looked best; only a handful of coins were struck.

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TIL Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star in the shoulder of Orion, will end in a supernova explosion that will be bright enough to be seen during the day. The brightness will last several months but will not harm the earth. It should happen within 100,000 years.

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TIL Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star in the shoulder of Orion, will end in a supernova explosion that will be bright enough to be seen during the day. The brightness will last several months but will not harm the earth. It should happen within 100,000 years.

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TIL that Da Hong Pao (English: Big red robe) is extremely expensive. During the Qing Dynasty, it was known as the “King of teas.” President Richard Nixon was even gifted 200g of the tea when he visited China in 1972 to represent friendship between the two countries.

TIL that on 10 December 1901, Wilhelm Röntgen received the first Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering X-rays. He refused to give a Nobel lecture, refused to patent the discovery, and even refused to name the rays after himself – yet many countries still call X-rays Röntgenstrahlen.

TIL that Edward VIII, who became king in 1936, broke a centuries-old British coin tradition – where each monarch’s portrait faced the opposite way to their predecessor – by insisting he face left like his father so his hair parting looked best; only a handful of coins were struck.

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