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KVgQ TIL Phobos, Mars largest moon, is set to collide with Mars or break up into a ring in 50 million years due to tidal forces.
XEBQE TIL that there is a pineapple on top of the Wimbledon trophy likely because it used to be a symbol of prestige at the time when the trophy was designed
nWXoY TIL that Ian Fleming got the name James Bond from an ornithologist, whose works he admired. Fleming chose the name Bond to sound blunt and everyday.
Meo58 TIL Sylvester Stallone taught John Travolta how to be fit in 1983, Stallone in later years began to refer actors who want to gain weight to dinner at his old friends home to help them fatten up
a8xRL TIL in 2010 that following an uproar after a mixed race student was not allowed to run for 6th grade class reporter, a Mississippi school district scrapped a long standing system of student elections which only allowed students of certain races to run for certain class positions.