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TIL You could fit all the planets of the Solar System between the Earth and the Moon

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VMOk4 TIL Somali novelist Nuruddin Farah has garnered acclaim as one of the greatest contemporary writers in the world. Farah was warned that the Somali government planned to arrest him, so he began a self-imposed exile that would last for 22 years
4kd5J TIL In 1999, India had to use snake charmers to secure a cricket ground after a right-wing group threatened to release venomous snakes to stop a cricket match
16ryX TIL the garage where Hewlett-Packard was founded is a California Historical Landmark. This one-car garage in Palo Alto, California is considered the birthplace of Silicon Valley.
7roBx TIL that originally (up until 1804) electors could cast two votes for two different U.S. candidates for President, and the first runner-up presidential candidate became Vice President to guard against electoral gamesmanship.
b9Yd9 TIL about Team Negative One. A group of Star Wars fans that scanned their own 35mm negatives and digitally restored the movie to it's pre-Special Edition glory.