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TIL Freddie Mercury’s larger mouth was due to 4 extra teeth on his upper jaw.

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XW1j TIL that between 2010-2015, the life expectancy in Botswana, due to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, dropped from 70.7 years to only 31.6 years.
VBQWG TIL in 2020 scientists captured the first direct image of a solar system that closely resembles our own (roughly 300 light years away), that is to say it marked the first time astronomers have observed more than one planet orbiting a star similar to the Sun.
7BWX TIL that DeForest Kelley disliked repeating Dr. McCoy’s catchphrase “He’s dead, Jim”, which appears 20 times in the original Star Trek series. It became so famous, however, that he joked that the line would appear on his tombstone. It did appear in the first sentence of Kelley’s obituary.
Yp9Qx TIL up until 2004 it was illegal to have a divorce in Chile
nW9nW TIL in Quebec Canada babies come with manuals.