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TIL in 2020 scientists captured the first direct image of a solar system that closely resembles our own (roughly 300 light years away), that is to say it marked the first time astronomers have observed more than one planet orbiting a star similar to the Sun.

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69M08 TIL that a Japanese man named Yasuo Takamatsu searches for his wife's remains after she was lost in the 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan.
pYaep TIL that Sony invented a fake critic named David Manning to put good reviews on bad movies like Hollow Man and The Animal. Even David's so-called interview with Harry Shearer was actually Harry talking to a text-to-speech device.
ANAYd TIL, about Poundbury, a town that was built according to the Principles of King Charles III. It started construction in 1993 and is currently 80% built. 4,600 people currently live there.
yVGdp TIL that the boy from Spy Kids is married to Meghan Trainor
wL85W TIL: A day on Earth was 6 hours long 4.5 Billion years ago.