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TIL all the stars in the Milky way can fit into the volume of our solar system

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N7LaE TIL that penguins propose to their mate during the courtship stage.
nyBW TIL that cross writing was a popular technique used in the 1800s in order to conserve paper, as the resource had become scarce.
dDL1B TIL During the Cold War, the U.S. Navy developed a secret program to train dolphins and sea lions for military purposes, including mine detection, enemy detection, recovering equipment and guard against enemy divers.
y7VX TIL that Dole sued and tried to shut down documentarian Fredrik Gertten from showing his movie “bananas”(following a lawsuit, workers loosing limbs because of Doles poisoning). Gerttens reply was to make a documentary, about how Dole tried stop the movie, called it"Big boys goes bananas".
K9oQ TIL A 19-year-old college student who had shown no outward signs of depression killed herself while she had been participating in a company drug trial for Cymbalta - an antidepressant - 4 days after being switched to a placebo. Prior to the study, she was healthy and had no mental problems.