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TIL Queen Victoria wrote an average 2,500 words per day, and her personal journal grew to a total of 122 volumes.

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kJvK1 TIL the earliest description of the heliocentric model dates back to Ancient Greece. Aristarchus of Samos (c.310–c.230 BC) described the Earth spinning on its axis once per day and orbiting a fixed Sun. He also thought that stars were other suns much further away.
JYO4Q TIL some dude made a Furby organ out of old Furby toys.
X00LP TIL George E. Edmondson Jr., "Mr. Two Bits", was an unofficial cheerleader for the Florida Gators college football team. He led a traditional "Two Bits' cheer" at almost every Gator home game from 1949 until his retirement in 2008.
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