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TIL that Stephen Hawking was born exactly 300 years after the death of Galileo - today would have been Stephen’s 83rd birthday

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N76P6 TIL Bill Murray closed his deal on Meatballs the day before it started shooting and routinely ignored the script. His first day, he improvised his way through a scene where he’s introducing all the counselors-in-training – he showed up, read the pages and threw them away, saying, “I got this.”
kORn5 TIL that as of 2020, 4.5 billion people are connected to and actively use the Internet.
XDdE TIL of Mira, a dying star zipping through our universe shedding its matter, each bit of which may one day grow into a new, individual star of its own. NASA has called it “The Johnny Appleseed of The Universe.
b9lv4 TIL AriZona iced tea has never wavered from the 99-cent price point introduced shortly after the drink debuted in 1992. It’s even printed on the label as a way of warding off sugar-water price gouging by retailers.
MErV TIL Cats sleep an average of 2/3 of their life. This would mean a 9 year old cat has been awake for 3 years.