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TIL in 1842, Charles Dickens visited the Whitehouse. He went to the front door and knocked, but no one answered, so he just let himself in.

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6975m TIL in 1990 NASA turned the Galileo spacecraft towards Earth to look for signs of life
e04PL TIL that in the European Union you are not allowed to skip your break if you are working more than 6 hours a day.
Brb7b TIL There is a network of powerful telescopes which is privately owned.
N784N TIL about Genna, a traditional Ethiopian sport similar to field hockey, played on a cow field without removing the cows. The goals are sometimes miles apart.
D1gxV TIL: A Prodigy named Taylor Wilson built a working nuclear reactor in a garage when he was just 14 years old.