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TIL Neptune has the strongest winds in the Solar System: 2,100 km/hour (1,304 mph).

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nePnr TIL While filming Leon The Professional, Natalie Portman helped Jean Reno quit smoking.
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d85kr TIL STOP is an acronym for a short mindfulness which stands for Stop, Take a breath, Observe, Proceed. Its an exercise that can be used when you feel stressed, overwhelmed or when you notice that your mind is just all over the place as a means to ground you back in focusing on what you were doing.
QNXwe TIL about the 1944-54 Kirov wolf attacks. Due to the need of hunters and rifles for WW2, man-eating wolf packs in Russian Kirov region lost their fear of humans, advanced into towns and villages in broad daylight, hunting mainly children and teenagers, killing 22.
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