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TIL that Pluto is smaller than Russia.

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5VoZr TIL that the largest volcano in our solar system, Olympus Mons on Mars, is about 13.6 miles (22 kilometers) high—nearly three times the height of Mount Everest—and is so wide that its base would cover the entire state of New Mexico.
n91o TIL that due to a compressed air leak, a worker in a subway tunnel under New York City’s East River was blown out of the tunnel, through the mud at the bottom of the river, up through the water, and 25 feet or so into the air. He received no serious injury.
X0AnE TIL the co-founder of Encyclopædia Britannica was a 4'6" tall Scot with crooked legs and an enormous nose that he would sometimes augment with a papier-mache version. He deliberately rode the tallest horse available in Edinburgh, dismounting by a ladder to the cheers of onlookers.
o1j7 TIL that, due to felony convictions, 30% of black men in the US are prohibited from ever serving on a jury