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TIL that the sun is only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star discovered in our galaxy

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oRjOK TIL that in 2019, the satirical series “South Park” released an episode entitled ‘Band in China’, mocking the Chinese government’s harsh censorship and Hollywood’s attempt to avoid it. As a result, South Park was banned in china.
LklyZ TIL that the world's oldest still-functioning light bulb is purported to be the Centennial Light in Livermore, California. Maintained by the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Dept, the bulb was installed in 1901 and has only been turned off a handful of times.
6E7jY TIL the life expectancy of a black garden ant is about 15 years.
dvEr TIL the real-life home that inspired the movie ‘UP’ is a century-old farmhouse whose owner refused to sell it to developers, even for an inflated price of $1,000,000. Having lived there for over 50 years, she was content to let them build a giant biotech complex all around it.
O84Y TIL holding a sword by the blade and using the hilt as a bludgeon was a technique called the “murder strike” in German fencing.