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TIL that even with an orbital velocity of 490,000 MPH, the sun has only circled the Milky Way 18-20 times.

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MJOb TIL the Church of Scientology ran several smear campaigns against author Paulette Cooper, one of their critics, including Operation Freakout, the goal of which was to have her admitted to a mental institution. Another, Operation Dynamite, used Cooper’s fingerprints to send bomb threats to the Church
EKw TIL Marijuana seeds are a source of all amino acids and are a complete protein
m14yR TIL that in Japan, Denmark and Uruguay, it’s legal to desecrate the national flag. However, it’s illegal in those countries to desecrate other nations’ flags.
NXQKJ TIL about the birthday effect, a statistical phenomenon where an individual's likelihood of death appears to increase on or close to their birthday. It has been suggested that it is a statistics anomaly, but the birthday effect has been seen in studies that control for known anomalies.
orWW TIL President Lyndon Johnson was infamous for having meetings while on the toilet