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TIL, the sun in our solar system, Sol, is not a member of any constellation. Constellations are categorized by their shape as perceived from our solar system. Therefore, for Sol to be a member of a constellation we would need to travel to another star system to perceived the new "shape".

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oByDR TIL a woman told an auto shop she had to cancel her service appt. as her car was stolen. One of the 3 Tulsa men who own the auto shop called her back the next day to tell her he & his buddies are chasing her stolen car. With TPD dispatch, they got her car back after after a 15 min chase.
16gAr TIL Porters bringing tourists up 5,895m high Mt Kilimanjaro experience health issues caused by high altitude sickness. Their wages are fixed at $10 a day (some paid $6), while carrying 20 kilograms of baggage and camping gearing on the head
PbVG TIL British rapper M.I.A. named her debut album “Arular” after the nom de guerre of her father, who fought in his native Sri Lanka as a Tamil Tiger. Her hope - which would be realized - was that he would one day google his old name, find her album, and reconnect with her.
0wd51 TIL of Frantisek Zahradka. He was arrested in 1949 in Czechoslovakia when he was in high school for assisting people to cross the border. He spent two years in solitary, and 18 years was forced to mine uranium ore for the government.
VBO8Q TIL “Don’t Mess with Texas” was created as part of a marketing campaign aimed at 16-24 yr old males to stop throwing their trash all over Texas.