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TIL that the orbits of all the planets of the solar system were within the same 90° arc of the solar system on February 1, 949, and that the next time it is thought this will occur is on May 6, 2492.

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BD1D TIL that following “Dunk-a-roos” being discontinued in the United States in 2012, General Mills in 2016 encouraged Canadians traveling to the United States to bring the snack to Americans who wanted it in a campaign called “Smugglaroos”, as the product still remains in production in Canada
M7xEV TIL that roosters don’t have a penis. They pump their sperm into females using a 'cloacal kiss'
JVV TIL there is a parasite that feeds of it’s hosts tongue and instead of leaving after he’s finished, becomes the hosts new tongue.
78oyL TIL that in 2009, hundreds of brightly-colored bird specimens were stolen from the Natural History Museum London. It was later found that a student had sold them online to be used for fly-fishing lures.
woKAY TIL that Jim and Pam’s proposal scene was the single most expensive shot on the entire series of The Office. It cost $250,000 to film because they had to build a replica of a rest stop and make it rain.