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TIL that through the early 20th century many people believed that the moon didn't actually rotate - including Nikola Tesla, who published a "proof" that the moon had no rotational energy.

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xVo7D TIL Keanu Reeves struggled with dyslexia in school and started acting because it was his way of "coping with the fact that I didn't really fit in."
VQg8 TIL that if each of the US states were a separate country, the 37 countries with the highest incarceration rates would all be US states.
kJeWB TIL the goods and services provided by coral reefs are valued at $2.7 trillion a year.
J1aLQ TIL Justin Ross Harris (the /r/childfree user who intentionally left his son in a hot car to die) had his murder conviction overturned in 2022
rPBM TIL of Chuck Feeney, an Irish-American buisinessman once worth about 8 billion dollars, who has given away so much of his money that he now lives with the remaining 2 million dollar nest egg