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TIL that more people have stood on the moon than have walked the entire length of the Grand Canyon

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kJlxe TIL in the past decade, total US college enrollment has dropped by nearly 1.5 million students, or by about 7.4%.
WRD9 TIL in the famous Casablanca scene where French refugees defy the Nazis by singing their national anthem, many are played by actual refugees who had just fled the Nazis – which is why many are visibly weeping as they sing
a8W50 TIL there are proposed plans to expand the US telephone system because the number of available new 3-digit area codes is expected to be used up by around 2050.
meNx TIL there are more restored 1950s American cars in Sweden than in the entire USA.
OoYmR TIL that the moon's gravity affects the LHC's proton beam so much that it has to be compensated for during operation