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TIL On average, Mercury is the closest planet to Earth — and to every other planet in the solar system

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KY9ZR TIL there are 78,000 people in the "Unorganized Borough" of Alaska, which has an area of 323,440 sq mi (still larger than Texas the second biggest state). This is equivalent in population to Chelan County, Washington, or one-twentieth of Manhattan, less than one square mile.
Y9OB TIL a strategy that terrorists use to avoid having their emails tracked is for one terrorist to compose an email, save it as a draft, and have another terrorist log into the same account to read and delete the draft.
vPbx TIL in 1848 an iron rod exploded through the skull of a railroad foreman and landed 80 feet away. He was speaking and walking minutes later. The doctor didn’t believe him until a “teacupful of the brain” fell on the floor. He died 12 years later, after having portraits made of him holding the rod
pYO74 Til one of my favorite music artists is the CEO OF PATREON
v1Bxj TIL college textbook prices increased 90% from 1998 to 2016 while recreational book prices fell by more than 35% in the same time period