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TIL that the planet Neptune was mathematically predicted before it was directly observed, based on the orbit of Uranus.

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EKAx TIL Samuel Jackson is the actor with the highest grossing film total of all time.
51wP TIL “Contagious shooting” is the name for the phenomenon when one person in a group shoots, the entire group starts shooting (even if they don’t know why they’re shooting)
9wpRG TIL of the Stockholm Bloodbath, an event occuring after the Danish king Christian II was coronated. With his victory, the aristocracy demanded economic compensation. Nearly 100 aristocrats were killed, with blood running in the streets from all the beheadings.
GdgG TIL that Amazon named a building after its first customer who spent $27
N7xP8 TIL Russia operated its southernmost North American settlement, Krepost Ross, in what is now Sanoma County, California from 1812 to 1842.