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TIL “Subaru” is the Japanese name for the Pleiades star cluster M45, or “The Seven Sisters”, which also inspires their logo.

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EE0W TIL Sean Bean survives more than he dies.
gVX8 TIL in 1978, a Russian physicist, Anatoli Bugorski, was struck accidentally by the proton beam of a particle accelerator. ½ of his face swelled beyond recognition and became paralysed. Amazingly, he survived and completed his PhD. He is still alive today.
nA9B TIL that Thomas Jefferson impregnated one of his slaves, and then enslaved his child. (And quite possibly five more)
yE5M TIL that North Koreans love foreign movies and TV shows so much that they risk their lives to watch them via smuggled USBs from China
wLn5P TIL actor Jimmy Stewart (of It's A Wonderful Life fame) rose to the rank of Brigadier General in the Air Force, flying missions in World War 2 and one in Vietnam before retiring as second highest ranking actor in American military history.