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TIL the sun loses over 4 million tons of mass every second as energy

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6db7 TIL when monkeys were introduced to the concept of money, they used it for prostitution
YpYPv TIL Michelin stars only go to three, one being "Very good", two being "Worth a detour" and three "Worth a special trip"
ANDn7 TIL that ancient civilizations developed iron tools well before the Iron Age by finding meteorites made of iron and nickel that didn’t require smelting
16JlX TIL after the American Revolution the -ville suffix became popular in the names of new US settlements due to an increase of pro-French sentiments.
QJwn9 TIL an enormous Buddhist relic known as the Buddha's Begging Bowl, weighing 350 to 400 kg, is kept in the Kabul museum. When the Taliban captured Kabul, they destroyed all other Buddhist relics except the bowl, since at some point Quranic verses were inscribed on it.