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TIL almost every single relationship between our planets orbits are fibonacci sequence numbers

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awoGN TIL of the word "inkhorn", a 16th century derogrity term for scholars who excessively and awkwardly borrowed words from Latin. They introduced short-lived words like ("devulgate, obtestate, deruncinate, subsecive") but also gave us everday words like ("Celebrate, expectation, ingenious, mundane").
N7PpQ TIL actor/singer/dancer/comedian Danny Kaye (White Christmas 1954) was also a world-renowned chef, a pilot, and a philanthropist. He conducted orchestras although he could not read music, he received two Academy Awards, and he held honorary membership in two professional medical associations.
R4J8 TIL Venezuela sells gas for about 4 cents per gallon
ddDK TIL of Tour de Donut, a 30 mile bike race in Illinois where riders take 5 minutes off their time for each donut they eat along the way.
rR404 TIL Egypt has compulsory military service for males, but only if they have a brother. If they have no siblings or only a sister, they are exempt