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TIL that, on average, Mercury is not only is the nearest planet to the Earth , but to all the other planets in the solar system.

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GYymQ TIL Home Alone was originally financed/produced by Warner Bros. When the budget grew from $13 million to $18 million and no confidence of success, WB dropped the film, which was then picked up by 20th Century Fox. The film grossed $476.7 million worldwide (of which $285.8 million were from America).
0wxDM TIL Henry Rollins was once commissioned to help produce and record an album by Charles Manson.
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mxkpv TIL in the 1870s, the city of Liège, Belgium hired 37 cats to deliver mail. It was unsuccessful.