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TIL that Earth's moon is more than twenty times as massive as the entire contents of the asteroid belt.

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XljR TIL of Lauri Törni, a Finnish soldier that after fighting in the winter war against the USSR, he joined the SS and kept fighting until the end WW2. After WW2, he migrated to the US and joined the US Army, and died in combat in Vietnam in 1965 by which time he had earned high ranking U.S. awards.
W7VAN TIL that , "Wet" by Snoop Dogg was specifically recorded for Prince William of Wales
JYQ64 TIL that if you are a driver in the United Kingdom you are required by the law to stop and report to the police if you run over a dog, a horse, a cattle, a pig, a goat, a sheep, a donkey and a mule, but not if you run over a deer, a cat, a badger or a fox.
nWrKd TIL people living near a former atomic weapon plant in Washington state have increased thyroid cancer rates and nervous system tumors
1PLd TIL Johann Tetzel, an indulgence salesman in Martin Luther’s time, was asked if an indulgence could be purchased for future sins. When he said yes, he was later beaten and robbed by the buyer, who said the act was the future sin in question.