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TIL that the solar system is currently traveling through an interstellar cloud that is as hot as the surface of the sun and 30 light years long.

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Wk7NB TIL Pope Francis released a statement condemning the use of gluten-free Eucharists.
p8g7A TIL that the US military was so unprepared leading up to WWII, General George Patton personally bought tools and parts from the Sears-Roebuck mail order catalog to get the 2nd Armored Division to operational status.
kJ5QW TIL of Roland the Farter, a performer who farted on command for the King and was awarded much land.
vPygj TIL Kanamara Matsuri (Penis Festival) is held in April at the Kanayama Shrine in the city of Kawasaki
VMrvm TIL the serial killer "BTK" (10 victims, 1974-1991) was caught using a floppy disk.