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TIL In January 2016, all of the planets from Mercury to Saturn were visible together in the predawn sky about 45 minutes before sunrise

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Z8Vo TIL after dreaming the melody to “Yesterday” Paul McCartney became convinced that he had subconsciously plagiarized the song (cryptomnesia), and went around to other bands and played a demo to make sure the song wasn’t theirs
voL4 TIL 13.8% of cigarette smokers do not consider cigarette butts to be ‘litter’
epdmk TIL there is an IKEA store and restaurant in Manitoba, Canada
ADD07 TIL host Ray Combs’ last Family Feud episode ended in a contestant getting 0 points in Fast Money. Combs told the contestant, “Thought I was a loser until you walked up here, you made me feel like a man!” Combs then walked off during the end credits and drove home without saying good-bye to anyone.
Ege60 TIL that the Sakha republic is the largest first-level administrative division in the world, if it were a country it would be the eighth largest country in the world.