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TIL 24 year old Clyde Tombaugh won a scholarship at University of Kansas to study astronomy after discovering Pluto. He also discovered several galactic star clusters, hundreds of asteroids, a comet, a cluster of 1,800 galaxies and other observations

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9w8wp TIL that rock singer Andrew W.K. has been recognized by the American Association Of Suicidology for his philosophy of partying - a philosophy that promotes happy living and the search of joy through partying.
BgQlW TIL that actor Nicholas Galitzine, who plays Prince Charming in Cinderella and Prince Henry in Red, White and Royal Blue, is the son of an actual prince (Prince Geoffrey Galitzine of the House of Golitsyn)
GYlD4 TIL Venus Flytraps are native only to the coastal bogs of North and South Carolina in the United States, specifically within a 100-kilometer (60 mi) radius of Wilmington, North Carolina.
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