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TIL there is a scale model of the solar system within the Boston area. It spans 10 miles with Earth being 3.2 cm in diameter.

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ne4Kd TIL that snooker player Ronnie O'Sullivan was accused of disrespect by an opponent for using his opposite hand to take a shot. To prove he wasn’t bringing the game into disrepute, he played 3 frames with his left-hand against a former world championship runner-up, winning all 3.
8NAa TIL ‘peperoni’ is the Italian word for 'bell pepper’ and if you order a 'peperoni pizza’ in Italy, you will get a pizza with sliced bell peppers on it.
16avO TIL powdered corn cob is highly absorbent, which has given it applications to treat oil spills in water bodies, and as an environmentally friendly rodenticide, killing rats by dehydrating them.
epgkb TIL about Japanese Kangiten inspired by the Indian Ganesha
xV441 TIL that Father Damien, who cared for the lepers in Molokai, realized that he contracted leprosy when he accidentally stepped on scalding water and felt nothing.