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TIL July 2nd is the exact middle of a non leap year, 182 days both before and after today.

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pMPZ TIL In 2005, Facebook hired graffiti artist David Choe to paint murals in their new office space; Choe accepted Facebook shares instead of a small cash payment of several thousand dollars, and when Facebook went public in 2012, his payment for the murals ballooned into a 200 million dollar payoff.
9wYw6 TIL - David Lee Roth (Front Man of Van Halen in the early 80's) Paid His Road Crew $100 For Every Woman They Brought Him Backstage
ep0e6 TIL The star SMSS J031300.36−670839.3, while only 6,000 light years from Earth, is 13.8 billion years old, more or less the same age as the universe.
XEJRE TIL that pet fur is good to leave out for birds who need nesting materials (as long as it has no flea treatment residue), but human hair is too long and causes them problems. Many animals and insects need help as habitats are shrinking globally.
YpPKW TIL: Virtually every country named syphilis after its enemies. The French called it the Neapolitan disease, the English and Italians called it the French disease, Russians called it the Polish disease, Tahitians called it the British disease, and the Japanese called it the Chinese pox.