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TIL The Sun's surface is covered in an irregular polygonal pattern known as granulation. Granules have a typical lifetime, birth to death, of around 8-20 minutes

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7pL7 TIL North Korea’s Kim Jong-Il claimed he finished a par 72 golf course in just 34 strokes, managing a world record five holes-in-one, making him the best golfer in the history of the world. It was also the first time he has ever golfed.
E1vL7 TIL that "Thrilla in Manila" was not fought in Manila, it was fought in Quezon City. The phrase was coined from a rhyme that Ali made; "It will be a killa and a thrilla and a chilla, when I get the gorilla in Manila".
awYKb TIL that thousands of years ago, Madagascar was home to lemurs the size of gorillas
gr8Nb TIL At the time that Atari released the home version of Pong in 1974 the computer chip the game used was the highest-performing chip used in a consumer product. It was also Sears best selling product at the time, far exceeding expectations.
VVM0 TIL Reddit founder Alex Ohanian, wrote an open letter to Reddit about stopping their sexist ways. It was titled “dear fellow geeks: WTF”