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TIL Andromeda is 6x bigger in the sky than the moon, and it's just too dim to see with the naked eye

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E1mQ0 TIL A California woman died in 2007 because she held her pee in too long during a radio contest to win a brand new Nintendo Wii for her children. The station was held liable and made to pay $16.5 million in damages
OGb6 TIL that a species of bird, the European Magpie, is the only non-mammal to have ever passed a self-recognition test, and has a level of intelligence comparable to that of a chimpanzee.
xVgBk TIL when The Temptations released the album version of "War", the band and their label didn't press a single version to avoid alienating the more conservative part of their fanbase. However, they allowed Edwin Starr to release his cover of that song as a single, thus boosting his career.
04vM TIL that Prince Henry of Prussia was considered for being the king of the United States
N77bJ TIL that guitar great Skunk Baxter of The Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan is also a DoD consulting expert on ballistic missiles and chairs the Congressional Advisory Board on Missile Defense.