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TIL that when our sun becomes a red giant, Saturn’s moon Titan will become warm enough for life to possibly evolve in manner similar to Earth. These conditions would persist for a hundred million years

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jN45j TIL that the German city of Augsburg was given a colony in present-day Venezuela called Klein-Venedig in the 1500s when the Habsburg emperor couldn't repay a loan back in cash
jN58E TIL it is possible to build his own life-sized lego house
b6DZN TIL that "American" was the official language of Illinois from 1923 to 1969.
vB0R TIL that the first unofficial mascot of the USPS, Owney the Postal Dog, actually went “postal” in 1897. After biting a worker, the “Toledo postmaster summoned a police officer, who shot him, thus ending the career of the famous little dog.”
9X86 TIL: Personal incomes in the US have fallen 10-15% for working age men since the year 2000.