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TIL that Planets don't orbit exactly the sun's center — they orbit a common center of mass in between their and the sun's center called the barycenter. The barycenter of Jupiter and sun actually just outside the sun's surface!

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xVaWo TIL According to a New York Times article from 1996, Lisa Simpson from 'The Simpsons' was responsible for an increase in young people, especially young women, playing the saxophone
J8nv TIL that the 2010 San Bruno Pipeline Explosion created a reported 1000 foot tall wall of flames and a 1.1 Earthquake. It destroyed 38 homes, killing 8 people including 44 year old Jacqueline Greig. She worked at the California Public Utilities Commission trying to replace outdated gas lines.
XPRr TIL that because birds such as pigeons have a much higher threshold for detecting movement, they would likely see a movie shown at today’s industry standard frame rate as a series of flashing slides
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