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TIL the Gerber Baby who is on all the company's logos is still alive today!

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erYn TIL that frankincense smoke is psychoactive and incense may act as a weak drug during religious ceremonies.
4XroN TIL in 2009 a man in England broke into 72-year-old Frank Corti’s home and tried to rob him with a knife, but the retired boxer and Royal Engineer gave him a black eye and bloodied face instead.
WaxN TIL farmers differentiate watermelon by gender. “Boy” watermelons are longer and more watery, while “girl” watermelons are rounder and sweeter.
QAP9 TIL that the earth does not actually orbit around the sun, but rather around the solar system’s center of mass, which is constantly moving, and is currently several hundred thousand kilometers away from the sun.
5GMQ TIL that The Sun does not have a definite boundary and the radius is only defined for measurement purposes.