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TIL Mordor is an actual place, a red spot on one of Pluto’s moons.

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5K8B TIL a woman tried to use a fake million dollar bill to buy $1,675 worth of merchandise at Wal-Mart and expected $998,325 in change
LQj1V TIL Alan Turing, the father of modern computing, was an elite runner who nearly qualified for the Olympic marathon with a time of 2 hours 46 minutes—averaging an impressive 6:20 per mile
xe4w TIL Dave Grohl uses his Grammy as a doorstop
x6oe5 TIL When fixing an issue becomes impeded by a smaller issue, and that issue by yet another related issue, and so on until you find yourself fixing something completely unrelated to the original issue, you are "Yak Shaving".
neXRW TIL that pineapples were so rare a sight in the 1700's they were a symbol of wealth. The few that were cultivated in hothouses were worth about five thousand pounds ($8000) each. They weren't eaten, but were rented out by the aristocracy as a table centerpiece at dinner parties.