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

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Nby8 TIL: Mountains on Titan, a moon of Saturn, must all be named after mountains in J.R.R. Tolkein’s Lord of the Rings
x6J51 TIL The Great Wall of China was reinforced with rice
REvw TIL The reason the Bible says “You shall not have any other gods before me” is because Judaim was originally polytheistic
eWR4 TIL that the Rhinoceros Party of Canada, a satirical, federally registered political party in Canada, received 1.01% of the popular vote in the 1980 federal election campaigning to repeal the law of gravity and provide higher education by building taller schools, among other promises.
1aVAO TIL that the tragedy of the Library of Alexandria burning down and "setting knowledge back centuries" is a myth. In reality, the Library slowly declined over many years and by its end, most major cities had similar libraries with many of the same works.