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TIL that ‘Dog Days’ of summer are actually defined as the period from July 3 through Aug. 11 when the Dog Star, Sirius, rises in conjunction (or nearly so) with the sun

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4X9kw TIL in Scrabble, The Word "OXYPHENBUTAZONE" is Theoretically the Highest Possible Scoring Word, Netting 1778 Points. It Has Never Been Played.
VBdd0 TIL That, in 2017, the documentary 'Amelia Earhart: The Lost Evidence' aired once on the History Channel. The documentary purported to show a photograph supposedly taken after the her disappearance. The doc was pulled after it was proved the pic was taken from a Japanese travel book from 1935.
OwxR TIL that an Amsterdam anti-litter campaign hired alcoholics to pick up trash and paid them in beer.
rrgM TIL John Rabe who helped saved 200,000 Chinese lives during during World War 2, had to rely on Chinese care packages after the 2nd World War as he and his family were living in poverty
B08d TIL that Facebook and Instagram have an irrevocable, unlimited license to sell your photos, location, personal details and metadata - that’s everything you share on their services. Sharing your professional photographs means that you’re not the sole OWNER of the photo; they can sell it too.