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TIL Italy is named after a legendary king.
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TIL An officially recommended solution to a common problem with the Apple 3 was to “lift the computer two inches and drop it”
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TIL that the NBC sitcom Suddenly Susan was the result of the network being impressed by Brooke Shields's guest appearance on Friends as Erika, Joey's stalker.
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TIL the Labord’s Chameleon of Madagascar has an average lifespan of 4-5 months. This is shorter than the time it takes to develop as an embryo (8-9 months)
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TIL that the Tarantula Nebula, a region in the Large Magellanic Cloud over 160,000 light years distant, contains the most luminous known star. The nebula’s luminosity is so great that if it were as close to Earth as the Orion Nebula, the Tarantula Nebula would cast shadows on the ground.
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TIL Lake Toba is the largest volcanic eruption to have happened in the last 25 million years, and was believed to have killed most of the human race at the time, causing a population bottleneck which affects genetic diversity to this day.