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TIL that the Sun is not the center of our solar system, because of the gravity of other planets, the Sun also revolves around a point called barycenter.

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RElj TIL when Australian cricketer and RAAF pilot Keith Miller was asked by Michael Parkinson, about pressure in cricket, Miller responded “Pressure is a Messerschmitt up your arse, playing cricket is not”.
kOX7W TIL that there was a failed Yorkshire uprising in 1820 that failed because the uprisers lost their nerve at the last second
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.
v8vL TIL Internet trolls are likely to be sadists, narcissists, or psychopaths, studies show. One of the studies found that the link between sadism and Internet trolling is so strong that trolls could be described as “prototypical everyday sadists.”
LQv7r TIL the trench coat was invented by Burberry's for the trenches of World War 1, gabardine wool is semi-water resistant