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TIL the Sun is categorized as a dwarf star.

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moPP TIL that in a BBC poll of 22 major countries’ perceptions around the world, Pakistan was the only country that rated it’s own influence on the world negatively.
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KYlLR TIL people who were born blind use their visual cortex to solve math problems
VMnOp TIL that Japan's Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan is the world's oldest hotel. Founded in 705, it has been continuously operated by 52 generations of the same family.
yere TIL the original version of the French film, The Passion of Joan of Arc, was lost in a fire, the master negatives were found 53 years later in a Norwegian mental institute by a janitor in a closet.