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TIL that Saturn's rings stretch nearly 250,000 miles wide but are on average only 55 feet thick

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4Oab TIL that in 2004, a 19m tall sculpture of Jesus, named “King of Kings”, was erected in Ohio. It was the 7th tallest statue in the United States at the time. In 2010, it was struck by lightning and was destroyed by the subsequent fire.
p8xre TIL that every number is the sum of three palindromes
dD5PB TIL France's last king, Louis XVI (1754-1793) only saw the sea once in his entire life, despite his main residence, Versailles, being than 100 miles from the coast
pboN TIL cheetahs cannot roar but instead meow like house cats
LQ6jZ TIL the two worst place names in the UK (as voted in a 2012 poll) are about 10 miles apart - #1 is the hamlet of Shitterton and #2 is the clifftop valley of Scratchy Bottom, both in Dorset