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TIL on average Mercury, not Mars or Venus, is the closest planet to Earth

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gEZA TIL that in 2005 Nintendo released a game known as Super Princess Peach. In the game, Mario, Toad and Luigi have been captured by Bowser and Peach must rescue them, as well as collecting the all powerful ‘Vibe Scepter’
EgmW TIL Fall (aka Autumn) is the only season to have two names because the switchover from one to the other happened during the founding of the American colonies
dJld TIL C-4 is very stable and insensitive to most physical shocks. C-4 cannot be detonated by a gunshot or by dropping it onto a hard surface.
GYW54 TIL the ribbon that signified the opening of the Sydney Harbour bridge was slashed early by the sword of Captain Francis de Groot, who rode up on a horse and claimed the bridge in the name of “the decent and respectable people of New South Wales”.
b677p TIL that the civilian sailors of the U.S. Merchant Marine had a higher casualty rate during World War II than any branch of the armed forces.