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TIL that, on average, Mercury is the closest planet to Earth and every other planet in our solar system.

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rp7w TIL of the Mongolian death worm, an alleged creature living in the Gobi desert that can grow up to 5 feet long and spew corrosive acid.
j6MdQ TIL Nose blindness (also known as “olfactory adaptation,” or “olfactory fatigue”) causes your brain to let go of certain smells, like the one of your own house! Not being able to smell your body odor or your regular perfume is also an example of olfactory adaptation or nose blindness.
grrwA TIL Dean Martin was convicted of carrying a concealed weapon in 1982. Martin told reporters he had carried a .38 in his boot for years after several incidents involving strangers coming up to him at restaurants that Martin had considered "life threatening."
Opwg TIL that Pepsi was one of the first to advertise directly to African-Americans, with advertisements in the 1940s portraying them as “self-confident middle-class citizens”, as well as the hiring of an all-black sales team to promote Pepsi around the country.
ZpKjQ TIL that the billionaire founder of Alibaba Jack Ma was rejected from every job he tried to apply for after college. For example, he applied to KFC and was the only person out of 24 applicants to not be hired.