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TIL The Solar maximum is expected in July 2025, with a peak of 115 sunspots

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gMpJX TIL a Border Collie named Chaser had the largest vocabulary of any animal in history. Being able to identify over 1000 toys by name.
n1kB TIL there’s a second Monalisa in Museo del Prado, Madrid, that was probably painted by one of Da Vinci’s pupils. When viewed combined with the original Mona Lisa, it can create a 3-D effect, making it the first stereoscopic image in world history.
nXMY TIL in writing his tombstone, Thomas Jefferson listed his successes - author of the Declaration of American Independence and the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom and the Father of the University of Virginia - but forgot 1 small achievement: that he was once president of the United States.
epKJg TIL there were three separate South American remakes of Married with Children in the 2000s that ran for hundreds of episodes, starting in 2004 with the Colombian version of Casados con hijos.
kegW TIL that the Tardigrade (AKA the water bear) is a tiny organism that is pretty much immortal. It goes into some sort of cryo sleep to protect itself from extreme temperatures, radiation,…dont need any water and have survived a spacewalk.