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TIL Since it’s discovery in 1930 Pluto has yet to orbit the sun and won’t until 2178.

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eeAb TIL that the DNA within each cell is almost 2 m long, but it is constrained in no more than 0.09 mm
e01Qb TIL that a carpenter from Lowa used his life savings to send 33 strangers to college. He grew up poor and had no wife or child of his own. He went to work every and thanks to his efforts he saved up almost 3mil "I never got the opportunity to go to college. So, I'd like to help kids go to college."
Mlo7 TIL: The attack on Pearl Harbor was detected by radar in advance, but the readings were misinterpreted.
kJAPd TIL Naskapi First Nations had a festival in honour of the bear, where only bear meat was allowed to be consumed during these feasts. The neck and shoulder meat were divided into twelve slices, each slice sufficed to feed two men
9Y4ZM TIL about pOCD, or pedophilia OCD in which a person gets high anxiety from being around or thinking of children for fear of being sexually attracted to them, despite having no actual attraction or urges.