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TIL the sun is a near perfect sphere. The difference between its equatorial and polar diameters is only about 10km

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loy5A TIL that Ethel Merman volunteered her talents to sing a ZIP Code promotional jingle to the tune of Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah around 1963 which is the year the ZIP CODE was first introduced in the US. ZIP is an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan.
E19b7 TIL that Nickelback is the second most successful foreign band in the US ever behind The Beatles
wl67 TIL after Tracey Morgan homophobic remark, Tina Fey released a statement reminding him some of his 30 Rock colleagues are gay “without whom Tracy would not have lines to say, clothes to wear, sets to stand on, scene partners to act with or a printed-out paycheck from accounting to put in his pocket”
kYRW TIL Samoans are some of the tallest people in the world because they practiced eugenics. The tallest warriors were selected as mates.
Wkkk8 TIL It Costs the average American $43 to Sit Around the Doctor’s Waiting Room