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TIL that if the Andromeda Galaxy were visible to the naked eye, it would be six times larger than the moon in the night sky

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RRm6 TIl that more Falklands veterans have committed suicide since the war than were killed during it.
D9jg TIL when a US Navy ship returns from deployment the first sailors allowed off the ship are sailors whose wives gave birth while they were away
QJ6ad TIL in 1933, in a publicity stunt for a Mae West movie named "It ain't no Sin", a Hollywood Press Agent bought 50 parrots and had taught them to squawk "It ain't no sin!" Then the movie changed titles and the parrots were subsequently released in South America, still repeating "it ain't no sin".
gBxA TIL the “Law & Order” sound is “technically a piece of music”, so composer Mike Post gets a royalty every time it is played. Post calls the sound “ching ching” because he’s “making money off of it.”
JYde4 TIL due to a 4 year old boy misunderstanding his mother, young children diagnosed with cystic fibrosis are taught to say "65 roses" to help them pronounce the condition.