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TIL we get more starlight during the day than at night
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TIL that in 2007, an elderly man visited Auschwitz and recognized his father as one of the SS officers.
mknx
TIL: The “&” used to be the 27th letter of the alphabet. It got its name from children slurring the ending of the alphabet song together so “and per se and” became “ampersand”
rRJKd
TIL that the actor who plays Edmund Pevensie in the Chronicles of Narnia series is the direct descendant of both, Charles Darwin (on his father’s side) and the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, Baháʼu'lláh (on his mother’s side)
Y796W
TIL The second incarnation of CBS Corporation was actually the legal successor of the original Viacom
E1g5o
TIL butterscotch is made with butter and brown sugar. Toffee is made with the same ingredients, but cooked longer.