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TIL that Jupiter has 95 moons (and counting). More are expected to be found as technology improves.

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P0ve TIL in ‘79 a 14 year old created a “Kingdom” in his Milwaukee bedroom when his mother died. Today the nation Talossa claims national sovereignty, various lands, has a constitutional monarchy, its own language, and citizens on 6 continents.
PoDe TIL: Instead of autographs, Jonah Hill gives out business cards to his fan that say: I just met Jonah Hill. It was a total letdown.
l7GaV TIL that astrophysicist Stephen Hawking once hosted a party but nobody showed up because he sent the invitations for the party only the day after, thus basically proving by experiment that time travel is not possible.
Lldv TIL that a former California State Department employee invented a “perfect language” that is both maximally precise and maximally concise
PZaO TIL that Joseph Smith was killed by an angry mob while incarcerated. Smith had tried to suppress a local that had exposed Smith’s practice of polygamy - implying that he used his religion as a pretext to seduce and marry unassuming women - including the wives of some of his closest associates