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TIL A star called Betelgeuse will supernova “soon” and becomes Earths second sun for 2 weeks

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awgRb TIL - three quarters of all U.S. farms account for only 4 percent of product sales, making the notion of "family farmers" who deserve subsidies obsolete to our food supply
AD1jn TIL sharks kill 6-12 people a year. People kill an estimated 12,000 sharks an hour.
oBnAL TIL Jackie Chan was a mere stuntman for Bruce Lee, and Bruce Lee accidentally hit him for real on set. He ended up doubling Jackie’s on-set pay consistently, and even tagged along with him for a bowling game 10 days before his death.
0dr8j TIL people are still learning Manchu language (used by the Chinese Qing empire) to study ancient Qing texts in Taiwan (but Manchus now speak Mandarin Chinese, and FYI the Chinese most people in the world now learn is a Manchu accent Chinese)
kOMm7 TIL, before recordings were available, music stores employed song pluggers. These people were pianists or singers that would play any song on request so patrons could have a preview before buying the sheet music.