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TIL that jingle bells was originally a thanksgiving song, not a Christmas song

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MkeK TIL that Terminator x the DJ for Public Enemy retired to run an ostrich farm
wLpMo TIL the moon is 1/400th the size of the sun but also 1/400th the distance from earth which results in the moon and the sun being the same size in the sky, a coincidence not shared by any other known planet-moon combination
8gZV TIL that one of the primary goals of alchemy - transmuting a base metal into a noble metal - was achieved as early as 1924 when gold was produced by neutron bombardment of mercury.
a87eZ TIL Retention rates among students studying engineering are among the lowest of all majors
ANGY7 TIL the King Cobra is not a cobra. It is the sole species of its genus and happens to look a lot like a cobra.