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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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4GkN TIL that in Japan, a diver named Hiroyuki Arakawa and a sheepshead wrasse named Yoriko have been friends for over 25 years.
9Y1A6 TIL China invested $350 million in a new four-lane bridge crossing the Yalu River from Dandong to the North Korean city of Sinuiju. Dandong wants more trade and investment with North Korea, seeing the benefits if the North grows economically and correspondingly consumes Chinese products
dBwZ TIL A study on military funding in 2009 showed that a billion dollars spent by the U.S. government on domestic matters created ~35%-~135% more jobs than the same amount of money spent on military contracts.
a8L6A TIL that David Bowie's "Life on Mars?" was written as a parody of Frank Sinatra's "My Way", which in turn was based off the French song "Comme d'habitude"
rRl7e TIL a man running an ultramarathon was joined by a stray dog for more than 77 miles (125 km) through the Gobi Desert, but he lost track of the dog after the race. With help from 20 volunteers, he finally found the dog after a 2-week search, named him Gobi and brought him back to live in Edinburgh.