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TIL there are 5 dwarf planets in our solar system, the criteria for which is they must orbit a star, be round, and clear similar-sized neighbors. Pluto is currently one of those 5, demoted on August 24, 2006.

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X0mLj TIL the highest paid agate ever, sold for $13,500 [warning paywall]
R7Aw TIL the English name for the color Orange is named after the Orange fruit, and the color was originally, “Geoluard”
WkZvd TIL the first-ever professional baseball team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings, went undefeated for their first 71 games.
RL5w TIL that 1 in every 100 people on the planet will eat a McDonalds today.
Aj6a TIL of Rocky Bleier, an NFL football player with the Pittsburgh Steelers who was drafted into the US Army and served in Vietnam. Badly wounded in a leg and foot by a grenade, he needed four years to return to the team’s roster, but became a star and helped the Steelers win four Super Bowls.