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TIL that in 500 million years there will be no more total eclipses due to the fact that the moon is drifting farther away

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b88N TIL Spiderman (2002) was the 5th highest grossing film of all time, and over the course of the past 12 years has since fallen to 49th
GYor7 TIL - the US Postal Inspection Service is the oldest branch of law enforcement in the US. Tracing its roots to 1772 when Benjamin Franklin appointed a surveyor to audit mail delivery, it predates the US itself.
ANlGB TIL The French drain was popularized by the American Assistant Treasury Secretary Henry Flagg French and was originally made from roofing tiles.
KYDaR TIL that the origin of the name of "Tank" for large armored vehicles was part of the British deception to keep them secret where they disclosed them to be simple mobile water tanks rather than a major new offensive weapon.
OGMW7 TIL camels originated in North America