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TIL If it wasn’t for Jupiter’s gravitational pull, Earth would have been destroyed by meteors by now

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xebB TIL that the term “third world” refers to the political allegiance of a country and has nothing to do with its level of development.
78R4b TIL "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" was banned in Malaysia solely because of the title as "Morphin" was determined to be too easily confused with the drug "Morphine"
n5B7 TIL some hotels have sensors in the mini-bar that automatically charge you if an item is moved, even if you never intended to consume it
VRPG TIL when volunteers providing food to elderly and poor people through the Meals on Wheels program began to notice that people were sharing their limited food with their pets, an organization called AniMeals was developed to feed their pets as well.
xwpo TIL of William and Francis Buckland, eccentric father and son scientists who both developed the desire to consume as many different animals as possible. It is believed William Buckland also ate the heart of King Louis XIV. Charles Darwin called him a “vulgar and almost coarse man”