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TIL - Water was probably delivered to Earth from space

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p8bb4 TIL The elliptical orbit of Earth places Australia 7-10% closer to the sun
KOdEE TIL Monty Python's working title for Life Of Brian was "Jesus Christ: Lust For Glory"
oBlAL TIL there is an adult Asian elephant with dwarfism living wild in Sri Lanka. Standing around 50% of normal adult size, it is not the result of intentional breeding. It is thought to be the only case of its kind.
4kae5 TIL that Brady Feigl and Brady Feigl are two minor league baseball players that are unrelated, but share the same name and physical features. They are both 6’ 4” tall, have red hair, bushy red beards, thick glasses, and 53% Germanic ancestry.
dxo7 TIL that brushing one’s teeth wasn’t popular in America until after World War II, when soldiers, ordered to brush teeth, brought home their enforced habit