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TIL in the 17th century, young upper-class men in Europe would travel across the continent in a rite of passage known as The Grand Tour

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xVo00 TIL that Venus rotates so slowly, you can keep the sunset in the same place and watch sunset forever just by walking.
axn9 TIL In 1965 Former Vice President Al Gore and actor Tommy Lee Jones, while they were at Harvard University were roommates. The two of them became fast friends and even started a country music band together.
98K7 TIL that the Catholic church owns a billion dollar media firm that sells pornography and erotica.
5VMdp TIL Aboriginal cannibals preferred to eat Chinese people, because Europeans tasted too salty. They also disliked consumers of opium.
JYpJ8 TIL that "Solar Sails" were first proposed by Kepler in 1608 “Provide ships or sails adapted to the heavenly breezes, and there will be some who will brave even that void.” Carl Sagan inspired Bill Nye to pursue Solar Sails in the 1980s, and the crowdfunded LightSail 2 is now in orbit around Earth.