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TIL the sinuosity of rivers may not be pi

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7rp1M TIL Mark Twain was born on the day when Halley’s Comet flew by earth. He said “I came in with Halley’s Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it.” Halley’s Commet next appeared on April 21, 1910 which is the day Mark Twain died
9w6gr TIL in 2020 a Venezuelan naval ship was sunk by an unarmed German cruse ship when it tried to ram it into its territorial waters. The RCGS Resolute, designed with an ice-strengthened bulbous bow, took only minor damage.
mx8Gy TIL in United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. the United States Supreme Court ruled Hollywood's Big Five could no longer own movie theaters, thus breaking up their oligopoly. Before its ruling, Hollywood studios controlled the filming, producing, printing and distribution of their movies.
LkNom TIL that there is a Magic: The Gathering card called "Our Market Research Shows That Players Like Really Long Card Names So We Made this Card to Have the Absolute Longest Card Name Ever Elemental"
ADdd7 TIL 2000 US Olympic Greco-Roman Wrestling champ Rulon Gardner lost a toe due to frostbite after a snowmobile accident. The toe is kept in a bottle of formaldehyde. In his fridge.