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TIL The time it takes our sun to orbit the center of the Milky Way is called a “Galactic Year” and is ~225 million Earth years. By that definition, dinosaurs went extinct last year, our sun is an adult at 18.4 years old, and the Big Bang happened just 61 years ago.

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OoAlX TIL that the US military has never banned the use of napalm on military targets away from civilian areas, and still has a type of bomb very similar to napalm called the Mark 77 that has been used in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
DQdLp TIL that Canada has a large desert area, resembling the Sahara, with massive dunes. It borders Lake Athabasca and is surrounded in boreal forest.
6Z4W TIL that at age 16 Ted Kaczysnki was a student at Harvard, where he underwent devastating psychological torture as part of the CIA’s MKUltra “mind control” program. Today, we know Kaczynski as The Unabomber.
R7lwj TIL Domino's Pizza locations in Scotland have official, registered tartans for employees who would prefer to wear a kilt.
QJ0Q9 TIL about the '91 Louisiana governor's race, which pitted corrupt Democrat Edwin Edwards against former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke. Voters were urged to "vote for the lizard, not the wizard." Duke lost by only 11% despite near-total denouncement by the Republican party, including President Bush.