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TIL Lobster was a throwaway food in Colonial England.

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gMEdL TIL that more than 4/5 of the single points of light we observe in the night sky are actually two or more stars orbiting together.
E1V0 TIL the original definition of “googolplex,” as defined by mathematician Edward Kasner’s 9-year-old nephew, was: “one, followed by writing zeroes until you get tired.”
J1NLV TIL About Tolkien Peak, which is near Mount Gandalf, Mount Aragorn, and Mount Shadowfax, in British, Columbia, Canada. taken from fictional characters in his books, which were read while waiting out stormy weather during the 1972 first ascents.
vjGK TIL the ‘Shag Harbor UFO Crash’ (1967, Nova Scotia, Canada) was one of the few such incidents where a Government agency formally declared UFO involvement.
jNOOa TIL that maybe I can trick the YouTube Algorithm.