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TIL that our sun loses 4 million metric tons of mass…every second.

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X0Pyr TIL that prior to 2006, Canada Border Services Agency agents were not armed and were not allowed to arrest and detain individuals at the border for non-customs related violations of Canadian law.
5VgG9 TIL that the amount of time between the release of A New Hope and The Phantom Menace is shorter than the amount of time between the release of the Phantom Menace and TODAY.
N7XyP TIL according to Michael Jackson's sister, he had enough propofol in his body at the time of his death to kill an elephant.
wLVnJ TIL that the copy of Charlie Hebdo magazine released after the terror attack, sold nearly 8 million copies, compared to their prior usual of 60,000 copies.
wo8x7 TIL show sponsor Home Depot pushed out host Bob Vila from PBS's This Old House in 1989 due to his sponsorship of then-competitor Rickel. He was paid so little by the network, whose funding had been slashed, that he decided to stick with Rickel rather than the show.