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TIL that 75% of new BMW owners don’t have kids in their home

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YpnDW TIL that there are over 3 million "geocaches" worldwide. Small containers holding trinkets and a note that players find using Geocaching Apps or GPS devices. But you must avoid uncovering them in front of the "Muggles" People who are unaware of geocaching and may disturbed the hidden cache.
rN5Ex TIL In 1859, Richard Carrington was using his telescope to project an image of the Sun on a screen and two beads of searing white light appear across a sunspot, fading within minutes. For hours, he remained poised at the telescope in case it reappeared
6EYRm TIL, Venus is the only planet that rotates around the sun in a clockwise pathway. All planets, when observed from the North Pole are seen to be rotating around the sun in an anti-clockwise direction on their elliptical orbits. Venus is observed to rotate in a clockwise manner.
MQdV TIL a 2003 study showed that armed U.S. citizens shoot and kill more criminals than police and have fewer incidents of mistakenly identifying the criminal.
e0Z8J TIL that Julius Caesar was arguing with Cato in the senate. A messenger delivered a note to Caesar. Cato told Caesar to read it aloud. Caesar handed the note to Cato to read. The note was actually a love letter from Cato’s sister, who was madly in love with Caesar. Cato said, "Keep it you drunk."