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TIL that the Andromeda galaxy is larger than the moon in the sky, but it is usually too dim to see.

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R5ge4 TIL about an invented language from the 1800s called Esperanto. Its goal was to become a "world language" and the founder LL Zamenhof constructed it to be very easy to learn. It can be found on Duolingo and is the world's most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language.
QkNM TIL that since few Apollo astronauts were willing to admit they were a size “small”, the condom fittings for their space suits’ urine collection assemblies were sized “large”, “gigantic” and “humongous”.
brVE TIL that John Hamm (Don Draper of Mad Men) was Ellie Kemper’s (Kimmy Schmidt and Erin from The Office) High School acting teacher.
e0P4k TIL that the South Park creators came up with the idea of Saddam Hussein dating Satan on the set of BASEketball where they’d try to impress girls by ad-libbing lines as the characters
oZBR TIL that the makers of “Pants are Overrated” did a 4-strip tribute to Calvin and Hobbes, taking place 26 years later.