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TIL The suns diameter is 864,000 miles & There are 86,400 seconds in a day on earth.

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wL1yP TIL of John II of France, who was captured by the English, in the Hundred Years War, and held hostage in London. An exchange of hostages occurred, with his son, Louis, taking his place. When John II was informed that Louis had escaped from captivity, he voluntarily returned to England as a hostage.
BegD TIL the Morton salt company raised the national U.S. intelligence by 3.5 IQ points when they iodinized salt. Lack of iodine produces cretinism which stunts physical and mental growth.
x6N4b TIL U.S. Taxpayers funded re-forestation efforts in Lebanon for the historic Cedar trees
bjj0 TIL two sisters know as the Gibbons twins were so inseparable they had a coded language & committed crimes together, oh, and repeatedly tried to murder each other.
74lO TIL Astronaut Scott Kelly grew 2 inches after being in space for a year.