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TIL the Sun is the most perfect sphere ever observed in nature.

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xVMw7 TIL in 2013 a Toyota Auris Hybrid was the first car in decades of testing to complete the Auto Motor und Sport 100k km long term reliability test without any defects outside normal wear items.
AD5Od TIL that there’s a conspiracy theory that the 1985 NBA Draft Lottery was rigged so that the New York Knicks would win, so that they could draft Patrick Ewing
epNvg TIL Warner Bros turned down signing Papa Roach after listening to an unreleased demo. The demo included the tracks "Infest," "Last Resort," "Broken Home," "Dead Cell," and "She Loves Me Not".
eOkg TIL in New Orleans, public defenders are handling the equivalent of almost 19,000 cases per year per attorney, which literally limits them to 7 minutes per case.
RwQ8 TIL there are Catholic Patron Saints for caterpillars, astronauts, hardware stores, invincible people, things that go BOOM, the fear of wasps, coffee houses, unattractive people, TV writers, taking exams, and the Internet