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TIL in 39 years, 3 months and 7 days, Voyager 1 (the farthest manmade object from Earth) has only traveled roughly 19 light hours.

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pYmoA TIL the earliest written version of Revelations says that 616 is the number of the beast. Why it changed to 666 is anybody's guess.
9kZp TIL Margaret Thatcher was one of the few Conservative MPs to support Bill to decriminalize male homosexuality in 1966.
DQOQj TIL that the corpse of William the Conqueror was so bloated that it wouldn't fit into the tomb during his funeral, exploding when forced into place and spreading a disgusting odour throughout the church.
9QYQ TIL that during WWII, a German pilot spotted an American pilot’s crippled plane in the sky. Tailing it, he noticed that gunner was dead, crew injured, and they posed no threat. Instead of destroying the plane, he led it to safety. 40 years later, the two pilots reunited.
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