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TIL A comet's tail can be as long as one astronomical unit in length (150 million km)

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J8jm TIL in the 1980’s, a black piano player single-handedly dismantled the Maryland KKK chapter and collected over 20 robes simply by talking and being a friendly guy.
7bBZ TIL that chewing gum is an effective booster of mental performance, & often a better test aid than caffeine
R5Lr9 TIL a Japanese man Yasuo Takamatsu lost his wife in the 2011 earthquake and has not stopped looking for her body for more than 10 years and has dived more than 800 times in the ocean to retrieve her.
W70w4 TIL Clarence J. Walker was the first African-American collegiate basketball player to appear in a post-season tournament while playing for coach John Wooden at Indiana State University
D1kKY TIL of the Clacton Spear. A wooden spear tip that survived intact for 420,000 years but has broken several times since its discovery in 1911.