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TIL Pizza Hut began offering online pizza ordering… in 1994.

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9Y7LX TIL of two neighbor galaxies nicknamed "Akira" and "Tetsuo". Akira is a 'red geyser': a galaxy that has stopped making stars because its massive black hole is stealing gas from a nearby galaxy, Tetsuo, leading to friction and temperatures that prevent gas from clumping together (1million+ degrees)
pZde TIL an Indian man named Jadav Payeng started planting trees on a barren sandbar at 17. He is now 47 and lives in his own 1360 acre forest which now houses rhinos, tigers, deers, apes and elephants.
mxNbP TIL a 1996 survey found that 95% of all American preschoolers had watched Sesame Street by the time they were three years old.
a8po9 TIL of the Cheung Chau Bun Scrambling Competition, a spring event held in Hong Kong where participants climb a tower made of steamed buns. The climber who collects the most buns wins
4ZLg TIL there is a giant salt mine 1200 feet beneath Detroit