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TIL that youngest siblings are usually the favorite child

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VMBRk At just 11 light-years away, it’s basically next door
BrG4k TIL that the epidermis is composed of five layers - basal, spinous, granular, clear, and cornified. Skin cells follow a genetically programmed process of death in forming the cornified (outermost) layer.
X05Mk TIL that the Miracle of the Sun happened in Portugal in 1917. Three children saw the Virgin Mary on the 13th of each month. On October 13th, around 70,000 people witnessed extraordinary solar phenomena for 10 minutes, followed by reported healings and conversions.
oRZJW TIL Robert W. Service sent his poems to his father to be printed and given as gifts to friends. Service received back an offer of royalties for publication, the printers had loved the poems, The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses was an immediate success and Service quit his bank job the next year.
oRxDK TIL That the Last Emperor of China was, after being deposed, forced to work as a street sweeper in Beijing. On his first day, he got lost and asked for help by telling strangers “I'm Puyi, the last Emperor of the Qing dynasty. I'm staying with relatives and can't find my way home”