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TIL there is a picture of earth taken from Saturn 6,000,000,000 km away.

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BQGW TIL one of the undisputed fathers of computer science helped develop crypto analytical devices to fight the Nazis. His reward; a criminal conviction for homosexuality and forced chemical castration. Within 1 year he became impotent, developed breasts due to hormonal imbalance, and committed suicide.
M7Ooa TIL the top ten earning occupations in the US are all various types of doctors... CEOs come in 11th.
m1N9R TIL that McDonald's french fries have milk in them
78n5r TIL that Michael Jackson created an entire soundtrack for the 2005 adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but declined to release it when he was refused the part of Willy Wonka
Wk5DB TIL in 1968 Mao Zedong received a box of 40 mangoes from Pakistan. They were taken on a tour of China and became part of Chinese propaganda. A dentist that compared the mangoes to sweet potatoes in appearance was executed.