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TIL that opposite sides of the dice will always add up to 7
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TIL Star-Planetary Systems are named after the name of their Star, our star's name is Sol. That's why our system is called the Solar System. Our nearest neighbouring star is Proxima Centauri and its system is called the Proxima Centauri System. "Solar System" is not a generic/categorical name.
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TIL There are multiple Mediterranean seas.
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TIL that typewriters used to not have an exclamation mark on them, or even the number 1, both had to be approximated by typing other characters in their place. 1 was a lowercase L and exclamation marks were the combination of an apostrophe and period.
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[TIL] Nestle agreed in 2001 to ensure its products were not made with slave labor by 2005. In 2005, the international organization it made the agreement with found it had not done so.
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TIL in the 1930 elections, Republicans won a majority in the US House of Representatives by 2 seats. But before Congress convened, 14 Representatives-elect died. Democrats then won several subsequent special elections, and took control of the chamber.