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TIL Aristarchus of Samos in the 3rd Century BCE was the first to present the model of the Sun as the center of our Solar system and also placed the other known planets in correct order of distance from the sun. He also correctly surmised that stars were other far distant suns.

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rRXd4 TIL there was an attempt to steal George Washington's skull from his tomb at Mount Vernon. The thief accidentally ended up stealing instead the skull of one of the in-laws of George Washington's nephew from the same crypt.
PYrPn TIL that the Soviet Union tried to calm down the Vietnam War
bVYE TIL Bolivia, Laos, Mongolia, and Paraguay each maintain their own navy despite the fact that the countries are landlocked.
oBD1Y TIL that the last remaining copies of hundreds of silent movies made by Fox and MGM were permanently destroyed during two vault fires (1937 and 1965); including entire collections of some of the greatest actors and directors of the silent era.
bAv9 TIL George Lucas refused to send an original print of Star Wars for preservation at the National Film Registry