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TIL that the earth will become inhospitable to life in 2 - 3 billion years as the sun increases in temperature, pushing the habitable Goldilocks zone to Mars or beyond.

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BgpAb TIL that train rails are transported in bundles of 1/4mile long pieces that are so long they must bend with their freight train around corners.
JYM1B TIL the name of the mall in Back to the Future changed from Twin Pines Mall to Lone Pine Mall in later scenes because Marty hit a tree on Old Man Peabody's farm shortly after arriving in 1955.
E1lGd TIL the Veery, a small bird in the Thrush family, is better at predicting upcoming Atlantic hurricane seasons than our best meteorological models.
nWx7G TIL that Craig Hodges, one of the best NBA players of his generation and an outspoken activist, was blacklisted from the league after wearing a dashiki during a White House visit and giving Bush Sr. a letter criticizing his administration’s treatment of the poor and minorities
e0YPn TIL that Paul McCartney’s song ‘Give Ireland Back To The Irish’, written after the British army murdered innocent civillians in Derry on Bloody Sunday, wasn’t allowed to be broadcast on radio.