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TIL that Pluto is smaller than Russia.

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NV9N TIL a man named Patrick J. Sullivan Jr. was charged with trading methamphetamines to male addicts in exchange for sex. He was booked into the Patrick J. Sullivan Jr. Detention Center, named for him after he retired as sheriff.
neYJP TIL the movie "Lake Placid" is set at a place named "Lake Black". The only reference to 'placid' in the movie is the line: "they wanted to call it 'Lake Placid,' but somebody said that name was taken."
N7Q68 TIL that an "unpaired word" is a word that, according to the usual rules of the language, would appear to have a related word, but does not. Examples include disgruntled, nonchalant, and ruthless.
9wljB TIL the 1902 Rickshaw Controversy. After colonizing the Philippines, Americans tried to "improve" urban public transportation by replacing privately operated horse-cabs with publicly-funded Rickshaws. It failed as Filipinos thought it turned them into beasts of burden, and revolted against the idea.
e0ORD TIL that an Australian company developed a 22-karat gold toilet paper with a sale price of $1.3 million per roll.