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TIL that within 300-600 million years the moon will be too far away to create a total solar eclipse

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N7R18 TIL about a tattooed biker gang called Rescue Ink, who travel around rescuing neglected and abused animals and taking them to no-kill shelters/rehabilitation centres.
OoMde TIL Billy Joel got the idea for 'We Didn't Start The Fire' after he met a 21-year-old who said: "It's a terrible time to be 21", "Yeah, I remember when I was 21, I thought it was an awful time", "But it's different for you. You were a kid in the 50's and everybody knows nothing happened in the 50's"
R7E67 TIL the idea that female fertility dramatically drops at 35 is inaccurate and based on a 19th century study. Modern studies show women over 45 still have an up to 50% chance of getting pregnant.
j64AM TIL that for any three spheres that touch each other, you can find a "necklace" of six spheres that touch all of them. This necklace is called a Soddy's Hexlet.
75Br TIL there is a 13,000-square-mile area in West Virginia where cell phones and Wi-FI are banned.