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TIL Our solar system is closer to the center of the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy than it is to the center of the Milky Way.

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l7gV TIL Spiders can travel in jet streams at altitudes exceeding 16000 ft above sea level
P7mL TIL that wolves with black pelts owe their distinctive coloration to a mutation which occurred in domestic dogs, and was carried to wolves through wolf-dog hybridization.
b95Nj TIL that back in Roman times they used to celebrate the new year in the month of the first harvest after winter, which was March. That makes March the first month of the year, and Sept Oct Nov and Dec indeed the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th months.
kO6AW TIL a Thai man killed 8 people, including his brother in law, for constantly singing "Take Me Home, Country Roads" during Karaoke
oRwx8 TIL in 2006 LEGO partnered in a cross-promotion with Duracell Batteries, in which a small Bionicle was included in a pack of AA Batteries.