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TIL that between the time it was discovered and the time it was unclassified as a planet, Pluto did not even complete one revolution around the sun. It will complete its revolution in the year 2178.

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rRmVy TIL in 1921 a group of workers in a fertilizer factory stuck dynamite in a 4.5k lbs block of hardened ammonium nitrate to loosen it up. The resulting explosion killed 500 people, destroyed 80% of the surrounding homes and ripped the roofs off of buildings 15 miles away.
9Wg7 TIL Utah, despite being known as one of the most religious and wholesome states, ranks number one out of all fifty states in online porn subscriptions.
aX1M TIL that Mavis Beacon, from Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, is not a real person and is a stock photo
b9Xm9 TIL that it takes 243 Earth-days for Venus to rotate about its axis, yet it takes 225 Earth-days for Venus to orbit the sun. That means that, on Venus, a day takes longer than a year.
EgnD0 TIL that Steven Spielberg couldn't find an airport that would allow him to film 'The Terminal', so he shot it instead in a hangar in a classified complex once used to build the B1-B bomber.