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TIL Earth’s moon is the closest moon to the sun

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O7AX TIL ‘candlestick holders’ don’t exist. A 'candlestick’ is the holder of candles.
grme7 TIL when Guns N’ Roses were making the song “Sweet Child o' Mine”, producer Spencer Proffer suggested adding a breakdown at the song’s end. The band agreed, but were not sure what to add. Axl Rose then started saying to himself, "where do we go? where do we go now?” And thus, the breakdown was born.
6EdjX TIL that prior to converting to Islam, Bosnians practiced a unique form of Christianity that was considered heretical by both the Catholic and Orthodox church.
QaGp TIL The greatest benefit of roundabouts is not their efficiency, but rather that they prevent T-bone crashes. As a result, there are 90% fewer serious injuries, and 76% fewer injuries overall.
8B4a TIL autistic savant Daniel Tammet learned Icelandic in just one week, and then went through a live interview on national TV in the language