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TIL that brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in 8 hours

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Oo0g1 TIL about Saadat Shahr, a small rural community in Iran nicknamed ‘Astronomy Town’ because of the residents’ passion for stargazing. The town clubbed together to pay for an observatory and on special occasions all the lights are cut to improve the view of the night sky.
gr5pb TIL: The Parker space probe is the fastest man-made object ever. It reached 394,736 miles per hour (635,266 km per hour) on its mission hurtling around the Sun. That's nearly 400 times faster than a fighter jet and 500 times faster than the speed of sound!
p85PN TIL of Raphael Lemkin, a Holocaust survivor who went on a one-man 15 year crusade to get genocide condemmed under international law.
mxweM TIL refried beans are only fried once. The misconception comes from a poor translation of “frijoles refritos” which means “well fried beans”
gM1w9 TIL that Michael Jackson used to prank call Russell Crowe for years.