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TIL: That only in 1992 we confirmed there are planets beyond our solar system.

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bBWN TIL that Sir Christopher Lee(Saruman) is the only person from the LOTR cast who has actually met Tolkein.
9Yn0B TIL Tons of popular restaurants use red,orange or yellow as those colours makes people hungry-er some examples are: McDonalds,KFC,Jack in the box and Dairy Queen.
VJKm TIL Jazz musician Louis Armstrong regarded his marijuana consumption “a healthy alternative to drinking.”
N74gQ TIL that US forces bombarded North Korea so thoroughly during the Korean War that by the end of the war crews had to jettison their payload at sea because they had run out of things to bomb.
gMZNL TIL that many popular sites in New York City, like Washington Square Park, Madison Square Park, Bryant Park, and Union Square Park, used to be cemeteries. Washington Square Park alone contains over 20,000 bodies. Most of these cemeteries closed in the 1800’s, and the parks were built right on top.