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TIL that the Milky Way has other galaxies as satellites.

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a8GYM TIL that Cornell University has its own dairy farm with over 900 cows.
epjlJ TIL about Tongyangxi a Chinese practice in which a family would agree to adopt and raise a girl and in exchange she would agree to marry one of there sons when they reach marriage age.
Jvam TIL Jim Cummings, the voice of Winnie the Pooh, calls sick children in hospitals and talks to them in Character. “..Her mother was in tears, just crying. She said that was the first time her daughter had smiled in six months.”
oBJ6W TIL Between 2011 and 2013, more cement was consumed in China than what was used across the entire US over the course of the 20th century
Xndj TIL that astronauts must have good airflow around them when they sleep. If not, they may wake up gasping for air and oxygen deprived because a bubble of their own Carbon Dioxide has formed around their heads.