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TIL the astronomer most responsible for having Pluto reclassified wrote a memoir about it called “How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming”.

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MoBA TIL Socrates was so annoying that people nicknamed him the Gadfly (horse fly), but instead of an insult he started calling himself the Gadfly.
ng7d TIL the phenomenon of “island gigantism”, in which the size of animals isolated on an island increases dramatically in comparison to their mainland counterparts.
E1Erd TIL that when cable was introduced it was advertised as having no commercials due to being a paying service.
8JlX TIL: TGIF discontinued the use of “flair” because of constant remarks from customers quoting the movie Office Space.