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TIL that Earth once had rings like Saturn.

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loQAr TIL Elton John owned an English soccer team and was really good at it - "in the space of seven years, the club had climbed from bottom place in the lowest division of The Football League to top position in the highest division"
woGm8 TIL that, despite being widely taught in schools, the idea that different sections of the tongue are exclusively responsible for different basic tastes is a common misconception
9YpD6 TIL airline crew members are exposed to so much cosmic radiation in their jobs that they're classified as radiation workers
v1Ak4 TIL that the last Aztec emperor has surviving descendants, and today they are Spanish dukes.
LkO9V Concorde’s top speed is actually limited by temperature, not power and they were always painted white to help keep everything cool.