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TIL Pluto never made a full orbit around the sun from the time it was discovered to when it was declassified as a planet

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Me9A7 TIL that the planet Uranus was discovered before the continent of Antarctica
Bwrk TIL Sorrell Booke (the dude who played Boss Hogg in Dukes of Hazzard) was fluent in five languages, had degrees from Yale and Columbia Universities, and served in the Korean War as a counterintelligence officer.
0gZv TIL That when a stretched out slinky is dropped, the bottom stays still in mid air until the two ends meet (Skip to 16 seconds)
X0aGr TIL the literacy rate grew in India by 97% between 2001 and 2011. The literacy rate among women is 70% and 85% for men.
AD8w4 Goldfish actually have a pretty good memory.