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TIL that Pluto Time is the time of day when the light on Earth is comparable to how bright it gets on Pluto.

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NEw8 TIL The Boudin bakery in San Francisco, has been making sourdough bread for 166 years and every loaf of sourdough bread they make has a portion of the original “mother dough” from 1849 in it.
VM9OB TIL: Wilbur & Orville Wright's father gifted them a toy helicopter (based on an invention of French aeronautical pioneer Alphonse Pénaud). They played with it until it broke, and then built their own. They later pointed to their experience with the toy as the spark of their interest in flying.
gMJxD TIL Hippos sleep underwater even though they breathe air. They automatically close their nostrils and surface to breathe every 3-5 minutes. This all happens unconsciously, even in their sleep.
6EPgY TIL that Joaquin Phoenix flipped his car, and in the wreckage, he heard a voice say, "Just relax." He replied, "I'm fine. I am relaxed." The man replied, "No you're not," and stopped Phoenix from lighting a cigarette while gasoline was leaking into the car. This man was famed director Werner Herzog.
MeEXK TIL : The highest STD rates in Florida are in The Villages, an area dedicated to seniors.