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TIL that the Milky Way will collide with the Andromeda galaxy in 4 billion years, but the stars in each galaxy are so far apart that none of the individual stars will collide.

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jN81j TIL that it is a federal crime in the United States to ask for political contributions from people known to be receiving relief through an Act of Congress
Nbk1 TIL-John Wesley Hardin shot and killed a man for snoring too loudly in a hotel.
YK6d TIL the album Smash by The Offspring has sold over 11 million copies worldwide making it the best-selling independent label album of all time.
MeLpK TIL that Phobos, one of the martian moons, is slowly spiraling inward to eventual destruction and Mars will eventually have a ring
lAwa TIL that in 1912, 3,020 trees were sent from Yokohama to Washington, D.C., as a gift from the people of Japan to the people of the United States.