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TIL that the New Horizons space probe that passed Pluto in 2015 had an ounce of Clyde Tombaugh’s ashes, the man that discovered Pluto

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AE4l TIL that Stephen King has made large charitable donations without announcing them because he was “raised firmly to believe that if you give away money and you make a big deal of it so that everybody sees it, that’s hubris. … you’re not supposed to make a big deal about it”
6oGJ TIL Schools that offer students more choice—more elective courses, more ways to complete requirements, a bigger range of potential friends, more freedom to select seats in a classroom—are more likely to be rank-ordered, cliquish, and segregated by race, age, gender and social status.
R7w8l TIL that Arjun, a type of main battle tank in India, has ammunition made it that is called "Penetration-Cum Blast" or PCB for short.
Y89W TIL that every Whole Foods store employs at least one in-store artist who’s full time job is to creates all of the signs, displays, etc. you see while shopping.
9Yg5p TIL Proof that Female Ejaculation is Just Pee