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TIL Pluto hasn’t completed a single orbit since it’s discovery in 1930. It will complete the orbit March 23, 2178.

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l7MM1 TIL nearly 88% of schizophrenics smoke or vape tobacco
woYkE TIL that the fundamentals of modern computer programming were conceived by six women who worked on the first digital computer, ENIAC, in the 1940s. The techniques they created are still used widely today, but the women were not recognised for their work for decades.
KOrwa TIL that Premier Daniel Johnson Sr. of Quebec had two sons that also each became the premier of Quebec. All three of them were members of different political parties.
4XM85 TIL that in Nordic countries like Denmark, people enjoy a salty licorice candy using a different type of salt -- ammonium chloride. Its flavor can be incredibly polarizing due to how much more potent it is to table salt.
ObMa TIL that the US Constitution still allows Congress and the President to issue and sign off on Letters of Marque, essentially allowing a private citizen to become a pirate in the name of the US