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TIL our star is called the Sun but doesn't have an actual name. *Not even Sol.

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yVMbX TIL that “The Lion Eating Poet in the Stone Den” is a Chinese poem in which every word is pronounced “shi.” It is readable in Chinese, but incomprehensible when spoken or when written in the Latin alphabet.
NXYRM TIL Pakistan accidentally took down Youtube for the entire globe in 2008 in an attempt to block it
nerdG TIL that the pressurized bodies of early airships were called “envelopes,” a term that persisted in aviation to later describe the ideal flight performance of an airplane. When early NASA test pilots reached higher altitude, they called it “pushing the envelope” which is where we get the phrase.
pPZb TIL Matt Groening originally pushed for Marge Simpson to be hiding rabbit ears under her hair, but Sam Simon strongly rejected the idea. Evidence of this can be seen in other Simpsons media.
xV6eB TIL that Ryan Gosling after watching "Rambo" took some knives with him to school and threw them at other children.