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TIL that at the center of our local cluster is an unknown gravitational anomaly called the Great Attractor, millions of times more massive than our galaxy, that is inconveniently obscured by the galactic plane of the Milky Way.

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erJL TIL 53% of Indian children are sexually abused
1aA78 TIL that the Soviet AA-2 Atoll missile was reverse engineered from a US AIM-9 Sidewinder after it became lodged in a Chinese MiG-17 without exploding. The lead Soviet engineer at Vympel said, the missile was a "university offering a course in missile construction technology."
P1JRn TIL President Diouf began an anti-AIDS program in Senegal, before the virus was able to take off. He used media and schools to promote safe-sex messages and required prostitutes to be registered. While AIDS was decimating much of Africa, the infection rate for Senegal stayed below 2 percent
Km94 TIL Oscar, the character from The Office, was not originally intended to be gay. This choice was inspired by an early episode in which he wore a pink shirt.
Y7O5P TIL: Glenn Miller had 24 top-20 songs in 1939, 38 in 1940, 18 in 1941, and 17 in 1942