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TIL that the word “galaxy” literally means “milky way,” so the milky way galaxy is the “milky way milky way.”

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W7LlB TIL of the Edict of Expulsion, when King Edward I of England gave all Jews in the country a few months to leave.
0VOy TIL in 1962, Warren Buffett agreed to selling shares of a failing company for $11.50 per share. The written offer was for only $11.375, so Buffett decided to buy more of the stock, took control of the company and fired the man who made the offer.
Zn7G TIL that the lead guitarist from the band Queen, Brian May, attained his PhD in 2005 in astrophysics, was Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University from 2008 to 2013, and worked with NASA on its New Horizons Pluto mission
P1Lww TIL that "Bee Flies" exist, and they look like little fluffy flying narwhales!
bPYp TIL The youngest known serial killer ever is Amerjeet Sada who killed 3 young children at the age of 8, including his neighbor’s baby whom he bludgeoned with a brick