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TIL it is entirely possible that our planet has already been detected by the planets of 75 neighbouring stars to contain life, from our earliest radio wave transmissions.

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XEnAQ TIL that in the SpongeBob SquarePants Episode S2E18a: Sailor Mouth, the voice actors were told to just stop talking and restart when appropriate to fit the swear words. However, Tom Kenny found it to be too difficult, and instead opted to go ahead and swear, having the actual swearing censored
E1nrP TIL cats and dogs produce vitamin D in their fur and need to swallow their fur to ingest it
9gQp TIL of Helga Estby, who walked across America in 1896 to win $10,000 to save her family’s farm. When she arrived in NYC, the sponsor refused to pay out. She returned to her home to find that two of her children had died during her trip. She then lost the home.
Z0Wv TIL Over 1100 men died aboard the USS Arizona in the attack on Pearl Harbor. When a survivor of the attack passes away, they have the option to be interred inside the ship, to be buried with the rest of their crew.
lo59K TIL that in 2015, the State of New York conducted DNA tests on popular supplements and found that in 4 out of 5 cases the pills contained nothing more than filler