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TIL that since its discovery Pluto has not made a full orbit around the sun, and still has 150 years until it does

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N761E TIL that the claw part of a hammer is also called the peen.
nxM9 TIL in 1911 British Antarctic explorer George Murray Levick observed the sexual habits of an Adélie Penguin rookery. The habits included necrophilia, coercion and homosexuality. The report was deemed too indecent at the time and was only published in 2012.
78aGZ TIL that Gene Roddenberry had an open relationship with both Nichelle Nichols and Majel Barrett.
RZr6 TIL the Confederate Battle Flag, the modern day symbol associated with the Civil War, was never formally adopted by the Confederate congress nor flew at any state capitols. It became popular due to its use by the KKK and Southern Dixiecrats during the mid 20th century.
4PKg TIL a man leaped from a 7th story balcony at a Chinese shopping mall after his girlfriend refused to stop shopping. He reportedly told her she had ‘more shoes than she could wear in a lifetime’ before jumping to his death.