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TIL about KC Paul, an Indian man who has spent almost 40 years trying to prove that the sun revolves around the earth

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D18rv TIL the house chosen to be Jim Carrey's idyllic home in The Truman Show belonged in real life to a minor florida politician's family, including teenaged future congressman Matt Gaetz
nWrld TIL an apocryphal story states that the Roman Emperor Honorius was shocked upon the news of the 410 AD Sack of Rome. However, the emperor thought the news regarded one of his favorite pet chickens named Roma, and upon learning it was the city of Rome, the emperor breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
e0ajg TIL beavers have orange teeth because they are made of iron instead of magnesium like other rodents. The iron causes the orange colouring in beavers’ teeth, makes the teeth stronger against mechanical stress, and makes them more resistant to acid.
vPbdR Today I Learned That DNA can hold up to 455 exabytes (Or 455 MILLION gigabytes) of data!
xVj67 TIL in 1982 the people of Greenland voted to leave the European Union which they did in 1985 and are still today not part of it.