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TIL Martian sunsets would appear bluish to human observers watching from the red planet

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KLNJ TIL the world record for fastest 1-mile run by a 5-year-old is 6:33.
neOBP TIL about the Second Congo War, the deadliest conflict since World War II. Nine African countries and around twenty-five armed groups became involved in the war, with casualties ranging from 2.7 to 5.4 million deaths.
Xbr TIL as a young girl Jeanne Calment, confirmed to have live longer than anyone else in history (and whom died in 1997), met Vincent Van Gogh and remembering him as “Dirty, badly dressed and disagreeable”.
90dM TIL that Germany aims to abandon fossil fuels by 2050 and generate 100% of its electricity from renewable energy sources.
EZxX TIL That in 1992, Pope John Paul II apologized for the church’s harsh treatment of Galileo Galilei for his idea that the Earth went around the Sun.