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TIL Pluto didn't get to complete a single orbit around the sun until it was demoted to no longer being a planet. It was discovered on February 18, 1930 and takes 248.09 Earth years to go one time around the sun.

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x6o9w TIL that 80 percent of the men born in the Soviet Union in 1923 did not survive World War II
gNZb TIL former San Fransisco Giants pitcher Brian Wilson was fined $1000 for playing with bright orange cleats. He claims he was punished “for having too much awesome on my feet.”
yVjrV TIL that the creator of Wonder Woman, William Marston, was a psychologist who was famous for inventing the lie detector. He was also a BDSM enthusiast and a firm believer in the superiority of women, stating that Wonder Woman was an allegory for the type of woman he believed should run the world.
d8ea9 TIL: The baby thief Georgia Tann was allowed to operate a black market adoption agency in the US for nearly 30 years. She stole nearly 5000 kids from poor families and adopted them out to rich families. This went on until her death in 1950.
DDOD TIL, due to debilitating back injuries, to get through his final season Larry Bird would spend every minute not playing basketball in a full body cast. When he finally retired at the end of the year, he took the cast out behind his house and blew it to pieces with a shotgun.