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TIL in 1973 astronomers were able to chase an eclipse aboard a Concord across the Saharan desert.

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YpYdv TIL that the entire surface area of the moon (14.6 million sq. miles/38 million sq. km) is smaller than the land area of Asia (17.2 million square miles/44.5 million square km).
wLAZP TIL that the Jack Thompson who tried to take down GTA is the same Jack Thompson who tried to take down NWA.
wLJlP TIL that as recently as 1972, simply being outed for suffering from depression was enough to force Thomas Eagleton to step down from the US vice presidential ticket
wLLVW TIL That in 2016 a woman was seriously burnt after 'fart' caused laser to burst into flames
W7ygA TIL the 1993 Chinese film, "An Old Man and his Dog" was banned in its native country for decades due to the discovery that the dog trainer and body double to the lead actor was a serial killer who fed his victims to dogs, including the ones onscreen.