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TIL that because Pluto’s orbit is so elliptical, it is actually closer to the sun than Neptune for 20 years every 248 years

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ARrd TIL a Minnesota woman was ordered to pay $222,000 in damages for illegally downloading 24 songs.
rJvM TIL that the first person to hear the Journey song “Only The Young” was a cystic fibrosis patient in Ohio. The band flew out and played it for the young fan. He died the next day, with a Walkman containing the single still in his hands.
E987 TIL the first man made aircraft to successfully land on another planet and send back data was the Soviet Venera 7 in 1970. After landing on Venus, the craft sent back only 23 minutes of weak data, presumably because it landed on its side.
5V48 TIL Sweden is so green it has to import garbage.
MkBK TIL the term “Caucasian,” was first used in 1785 by a German Philosopher to designate what he deemed “attractive” races. All “unattractive races” were called “Mongolians.”