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TIL winter lasts 21 years on Uranus.

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dBr9 TIL Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry starred in a Windows 95 video guide
0w77j TIL that during the filming for The Order of the Phoenix, Alan Rickman banned Rupert Grint and Matthew Lewis from coming within 5 meters of his new BMW, because during the making of the Goblet of Fire, they spilled milkshake in his other car
GYrB5 TIL that the word "underdog" comes from the 19th century term for the losing dog in a dog fight
4kRyJ TIL the screw thread is believed to have been invented around 400 BCE, by Archytas of Tarentum, a Greek philosopher sometimes called “the father of mechanics.” The general principle of the screw was applied early on, in cities like Pompeii, to extract olive oil and grape juice
pYabG TIL One of The Rarest Salt in the World is from the Philippines (Asin Tibuok)