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TIL the sun is brighter than about 90% of the stars in the galaxy

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WD74 TIL that in the tv show Deadwood, The word “fuck” is said 43 times in the first hour of the show. It has been reported that the series had a total count of 2,980 “fucks” and an average of 1.56 utterances of “fuck” per minute of footage.
MyOm TIL If Manhattan had the same population density as Alaska, there would only be about 28 people in Manhattan.
Y7KrW TIL there is no such thing as a private beach in Australia. All land that the high tide touches is owned by the Crown - and therefore public land - even if erosion moves the high tide mark inland.
OoeM6 TIL: Joel Osteen and family had to be escorted off of a flight after his wife allegedly assaulted a flight attendant.
NXYRM TIL Pakistan accidentally took down Youtube for the entire globe in 2008 in an attempt to block it