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TIL Sunsets on Mars are blue.

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O5k1 TIL that almonds aren’t nuts, they are the pits of a fruit closely related to peaches
xVyLg TIL David Bowie briefly considered becoming a Buddhist monk. After a few months' study at Tibet House in London, he was told by a Lama, "You don't want to be Buddhist. ... You should follow music."
d8MD8 TIL of B95 or Moonbird. A 21 Year Old Red Knot Who Has Flown the Same Distance From the Earth to the Moon and Back in His Lifetime. He is Also the Oldest Known Example of the Species Earning Him the Title of the "Toughest 4 Oz on the Planet"
MwEa TIL that there are people who believe our birth certificates are actually bonds for money deposited in our names at birth, and these bonds are traded like stocks on the NYSE.
8eP5L TIL there is a CITY (was a town) in Texas named “Cut and Shoot”.