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TIL due its slow rotation around its own axis and its uneven orbital path around the sun, occasionally the sun will appear to reverse its path in Mercury's sky, and reverse again, causing Mercury to sometimes have a double sunrise.

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e0xdn TIL Groundhogs and Woodchucks are the same animal
GAZ6N TIL In the early 2000's the original trilogy of Star War ran on tv in Chilie and they incorporated beer ads into the movies
JdNm TIL John DeLorean, best known for developing the DeLorean DMC-12, also developed the Pontiac GTO, Firebird, Grand Prix, and Chevy Vega. He was arrested for drug trafficking in 1982 trying to raise money for his failing company and successfully defended himself proving entrapment by federal agents.
OoOd1 TIL that for a period of four years, the North Irish Horse (a British regiment) was reduced in size to a single man, Major Sir Ronald Ross
OnWg TIL that the President only receives, on average, 500 death threats a month.