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TIL that the sun’s core is so hot that a piece of it the size of a pinhead would give off enough heat to kill a person 100 miles away

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Z86wv TIL about Hannah Sabata, a 19 year old Nebraska woman who stole $6000 from a bank in 2012. After the crime she immediately posted a video to YouTube titled "Chick Bank Robber" where she held bundles of cash up to the camera and bragged about what she'd done. She was caught the same day.
69WvJ TIL Wilt Chamberlain is the reason players have to stay behind the foul line when shooting a free throw. While at KU, thanks to his 7’ height, 7’8” wingspan, and 50” vertical, he would start from top of the key, leap before the foul line, and dunk the ball before he touched the ground in the lane.
VB7gD TIL Fresca and Squirt are grapefruit-flavored. I've never tried them but I always assumed they were lemon-lime flavored like Sprite/Sierra Mist/7-Up. As an avowed dipsomaniac, this revelation is a complete game-changer.
XEKjr TIL of Adam Rainer, the only known person in history to be both a giant and a dwarf, he was 3’8” at age 19, and 7’8” at age 51.
rGm0 TIL that the girl who voice acted Lilo in Lilo and Stitch went on to play the creepy girl in The Ring.