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TIL that electrical outlets have an average lifespan of 15-25 years. You may want to consider replacing your home outlets.

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9KRQ TIL that the British explorer James Cook was so well respected that during the American Revolutionary War, Benjamin Franklin wrote to all American colonial warships that; upon encounter, to give safe passage to his crew and vessel, and to consider them as ‘common friends to mankind’
rRENM TIL about UY Scuti. It is the largest star we have ever discovered, and is thought to be the largest star in our galaxy. If it were to replace our Sun, its surface would reach the orbit of Saturn.
b6gB0 TIL not long after the Vietnam War, Vietnam’s army invaded Cambodia and stopped a genocide.
W7je9 TIL: Before his assassination US president JFK gave a speech warning the people and the newspapers to hold themselves accountable in the interest of the people and the world.
wLMEE TIL that there is a park in Moscow containing toppled statues from across Russia