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TIL that the "Pillars of Creation" within the Eagle Nebula are about 4-5 Light years tall

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QNy6E TIL that the average person generates 0.6-1.8L of gas per day and a healthy person farts about 12-25 times per day.
jNekE TIL that 6-10 billion light years away, there is a void in space 1 billion light years wide. It is completely empty of both normal matter and dark matter. It emits no detectable radiation or light of any kind.
mxWYx TIL Tylenol PM is the exact same as Tylenol +Benedryl.
O9Ba TIL Field Marshall Montgomery once made a bet with Walter Bedell Smith that is if he could capture the city of Sfax by April 1943 he would receive a B17 bomber. When Monty completed his half of the bet, Smith backed out: The matter escalated all the way to Eisenhower who ensured Monty got his B17.
W7M94 TIL McDonald's introduced its drive-thru service due to the military in Fort Huachuca, AZ not being able to be seen in public with their uniforms on. It made no sense to change into regular clothes just to go to McDonald’s so the manager of the restaurant came up this solution.