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TIL there are over 700 quintillion planets in the universe

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5YkAD TIL This tower in Yorkshire is the tallest folly in the world. It was erected by John Edward Wainhouse and was originally going to be a mill chimney but was converted into a viewing platform to look over a private garden because of a neighbour's feud.
M7gR7 TIL that former NHL player Gordie Howe had one of the longest careers ever in the 4 major North American Sports. Playing from age 18-51 from 1946-1980 32 seasons. For reference, if Wayne Gretzky played that long, he would’ve retired in 2012.
kOPnd TIL that 9 out of the 18 songs on Eminem’s “Marshall Mathers LP” make references to killing women.
lolGa TIL that there is a company that secretly takes continuous, rapid, high-resolution aerial photos of crime-plagued cities to help police “rewind” time to view a crime as it happens and then to “fast-forward” the movement of suspects to their present locations.
rmwW TIL that every treasurer of the United States since 1949 has been a woman