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TIL the Sirius star system is visible with the naked eye in the daytime sky given the right conditions

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N7pd8 TIL in the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing, there was a mysterious detached leg found in the rubble of the destroyed building. Since all 168 victims’ legs have been accounted for, the left leg has perplexed investigators and has yet to be traced back to an owner
kw45 TIL Michael Crichton, author of Jurassic Park, felt his literature professor at Harvard was giving him unfair grades. To prove it, he turned in a paper by George Orwell and received a B-
4kKlN TIL the Swansea City football ballboy that was famously ‘kicked’ by Chelsea player Eden Hazard during a match in 2013 went on to co-found the vodka brand AU Vodka
YNW7 TIL Camden, New Jersey, with a population of 70,390, is per capita the poorest city in the nation
ne9ob TIL a species of spider discovered in 2015 was named Godric Gryffindor, due to it's resemblance to the Sorting Hat in Harry Potter.