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TIL that the popular spiral depiction of the Milky Way is actually of another galaxy, Messier 74. Since we live in the Milky Way, we can't take a picture of it from the outside.

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9nr7 TIL that sugar sweetened fizzy drinks have been proven to cause T2 diabetes, even when controlling for calorie intake, with each can you drink increasing the likelihood.
VMe6D TIL that the thinking--i.e. non-physical activity--involved in mentally rigorous activities such as chess can require so much of the body's energy that individuals can burn hundreds of calories per hour engaging in them.
gK97 TIL Ultima Online had an Artificial Life Engine that was removed because players killed stuff so fast that the system couldn’t respond to it
rx5o TIL Baseball is so popular in Japan that many fans are surprised to hear that Americans also consider it their national sport.
v1bnD TIL the common expression "OK" didn't exist prior to 1839 and was coined as a joke. In the writing of the time it was popular to make fun abbreviations similar to our OMG or even TIL, and "OK" was one of them.