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TIL that since the first exoplanets were discovered in the early 90s, the known number has doubled about every 27 months, to over 4,000 now confirmed.

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n5VW TIL America sends Cuba a check every year for the Guantanamo Naval Base lease. The checks are not adjusted for inflation and are made out to the Treasurer General of the Republic, which no longer exists. Fidel Castro only ever cashed one, and stuffed the rest into a desk drawer.
OGEV7 TIL that The Official Register Of Color Names (ORCN) includes many colors including piss yellow
JYryV TIL former Australian PM Alfred Deakin had quite a scraggly beard as a young man but it grew into something... much more impressive
a80Nb TIL: Ancient Greeks used beacons atop mountains for more than communication of something/nothing; beacons were used to communicate actual words.
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