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TIL that sunlight on Pluto at mid-day would be equivalent to twilight on Earth despite being 40 times farther away from the Sun than Earth, bright enough to read a book.

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yQYO8 TIL of Frank Hayes, a jockey who won after suffering a fatal heart attack halfway through the race. Hayes technically still atop her back, making him the first, and thus far only, jockey known to have won a race after death.
grmkX TIL a bear was the first living being to survive a supersonic ejection
mX9x TIL when a paper couldn’t think of a name for an article about Chris Hadfield they rang the Air Force who said “Just call it ‘Canadian Wins Top Test Pilot’ or something to that effect.” A friend sent Chris a copy of the article, it read "Canadian Wins Top Test Pilot or Something to that Effect”
DQnJJ TIL That Country With Highest Divorce Rate are Madlives And Smallest is Vietnam
JYGpV TIL of "Sluggish Schizophrenia," used in the Soviet Union to describe a form of schizophrenia characterized by a slowly progressive course. It was often diagnosed in those who exhibited no symptoms of disorders; this would deprive people of their credibility and was used against political dissidents