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TIL that the average density of the Earth is almost four times greater than the average density of the Sun

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0Q41 TIL in the aftermath of the Iranian Embassy Siege in London an SAS trooper tried to take the only surviving gunman, Fowzi Nejad, back into the building to shoot him, but changed his mind when he realised the raid was being broadcast on live television.
BkDL TIL that Aldous Huxley was George Orwell’s French teacher
1a6P8 TIL Homer Simpson's idea to fill a mine with other cities' garbage dissuaded a small Canadian town with the exact same idea.
GBeN TIL a father once jumped off a 100 foot bridge holding his 2 toddler sons after getting into an argument with their mother. The father was killed on impact, BOTH boys survived.
XEjoj TIL that Idaho dropped beavers with parachutes from airplanes because the beavers we're destroying rich people's summer homes.