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TIL of a comet that survived passing through the Sun
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TIL Stegosaurus did not exist in the same timeline as Tyrannosaurus Rex. In fact, T-Rex's existence is much closer to human's existence in the timeline than to Stegosaurus's existence.
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TIL that Lake Kariba, on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, is the world's largest artificial lake by volume. It contains 43 cubic miles of water and has a surface area of 2,150 square miles
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TIL that Phil Mickelson is actually right-handed in everything he does. He only golfs as a lefty because he would mirror his dad’s swing as a child.
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TIL that the star Betelgeuse gets its English name due to a 13th century translation error from the Arabic ‘Yad al-Jauzā’ (Hand of Orion) because some one mistook the Arabic letter for Y (ي) for the letter for B (ب). Written as part of a word, the only difference is an extra dot on the bottom for Y.
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TIL that in 1995 the mayor of Bogotá, Columbia hired 420 mimes to mock drivers and pedestrians who behaved improperly and traffic accidents went down sharply afterwards