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TIL that when ppl say planets don't have tails, they're wrong. Mercury has a sodium tail

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6EELl TIL you lose about a pound of weight everynight while you sleep, just by breathing.
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QnJp TIL residents of Alaska are paid to live in the state. Every year a dividend of the state’s oil revenue is distributed to every man, woman, and child..with checks often amounting between $1,000 and $3,000 dollars.
7rWXr TIL when Newfoundland agreed to be annexed by Canada in 1949, one of the conditions was that Islanders continue to be allowed to produce and sell margarine
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