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TIL There are three established and widely accepted subcategories of twilight: civil twilight (nearest the horizon), nautical twilight, and astronomical twilight (farthest from the horizon)

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O8e7 TIL the Turkish general who enacted the 1997 coup, which freed Turkey from its last Islamist government, was arrested for that “crime” in 2012 by Erdogans government.
nWLAW TIL that Dr. Maya Angelou recorded an album of duets with Jessica Mitford's cowbell and kazoo band Decca and the Dectones, Jessica Mitford being the author of “The American Way of Death” and the younger sister of Adolf Hitler's girlfriend Unity Mitford.
l7jEK TIL Hoyt Axton wrote the number 1 hit Joy to the World, while his mother Mae wrote the number 1 hit Heartbreak Hotel
x6KQw TIL the Christmas character Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is still protected by copyright until 2034. He has the rare distinction of being an iconic Christmas character that is not in the public domain. This is why most Christmas art and decorations do not include him due to licensing fees.
Lk49 TIL That Magpies hold funerals for their dead