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TIL Omicron Persei is a real star about 1000 light years away from Earth

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7r8M7 TIL U.S. Automakers Developed Coal-Fired Prototypes in the 1980's
E1w00 TIL that until the early 20th century boys were routinely dressed like girls until they were 6 or 7 when they were "breeched", that is dressed in pants rather than dresses.
jKwX TIL a man started a horseback ride from Patagonia to Alaska in 1994. He arrived this year.
Mebj8 TIL that Ofcom (the regulator for TV, radio etc in the UK) keeps a list of swearwords ranked into categories of offensiveness. It include words like minger (mild), bollocks (medium), beef curtains (strong), and c*nt (strongest).
KddJ TIL that Harrison Ford was a stagehand for The Doors.