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TIL the creator of Shaft was white

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oBL9R TIL that the Aztec god of war's symbol is the hummingbird, because hummingbirds are vicious little bastards
VGo0 TIL a Texas minister set himself on fire and died in the hopes of inspiring social justice. The act drew little attention.
JYDPV TIL that most diapers are not biodegradable, and a single diaper takes 100 years to decompose. Each year there are enough diapers thrown away in the US alone, to fill 30 Empire State Buildings.
aljJ TIL the Sun loses about 5.5 million tonnes of mass every second. When the sun stops shining in 5 billion years it will have lost about 0.034% of its current mass.
aw7GJ TIL days are gradually getting longer; the modern day is longer by about 1.7 milliseconds than a century ago.