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TIL that when you’re looking at the Sagittarius constellation you’re actually looking into the center of our galaxy.

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xV5Pg TIL Actor Will Smith was offered the role of Neo for The Matrix, but turned it down to make Wild Wild West instead.
XEj7j TIL a 2015 survey showed that STEM workers are more likely to have autistic traits than non-STEM ones - the average STEM worker had an autism spectrum quotient of 21.9, while the rest had 18.9.
lo1V5 TIL that Detroit has the worst 911 response time in America, with police & EMS taking over an hour to show up. In 2013, despite numerous 911 calls, police arrived 90 minutes later to find Stacey Hightower had been murdered by an intruder. Her mother sued the city of Detroit, but they were bankrupt.
QJ8Wk TIL there has been a fire burning since 1962 underneath the borough of Centralia, Pennsylvania causing residents to evacuate and has turned the town into a "near-ghost town" with only 7 residents left.
QJOJ6 TIL the Titus cut, a female haircut that became popular during the French Revolution, was inspired by the way executioners would cut the hair of people going to the guillotine. A red ribbon could also be worn around the neck to further symbolize the guillotine victims.