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TIL Halley's comet is as far away as it will ever be in the next couple of months, taking over 36 years to come back to us.

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rReLe TIL "PNG" is always pronounced "ping" in English, not "pinj" or "pee en gee" or any other multi-syllabic disaster.
a8Y89 TIL that, as the name might suggest, Billboard magazine was originally the trade publication for bill posters and billboard installers.
k7pe TIL That a motorcycle swept away by the Japanese tsunami washed up on the shore in Canada, the owner was identified and the motorcycle was returned.
wLlXP TIL that there are verbs in the English language with more than one grammatically correct past participle. Examples include the verbs to dwell, to creep, and to burn.
1on8 TIL after the entire national Soviet hockey team was killed in a plane crash in 1950. Stalin’s son Vasily, who managed the team, covered up the disaster and replaced all the players to avoid his Fathers wrath. Stalin never noticed.