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TIL that Mars will form rings in around 100 million years.

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yDk8 TIL reindeer herds being raised for meat in Norway still need to be tested for radioactivity due to fallout from the Chernobyl disaster. Reindeer that are too radioactive to eat are released into the wild.
woEyW TIL The Four Minute Men were American volunteers who gave propaganda speeches during the First World War. The speeches were four minutes long because they often spoke in movie theaters where it took four minutes to change film reels. Speakers also often modified the speech for the local audience.
E0kd TIL There is only one notable death of Insulinoma Cancer, Steve Jobs, who chose a holistic approach to his pancreatic cancer while delaying surgical intervention for almost a year, it cost him his life.
P15be TIL that the British crown enjoys ownership of all of the unmarked mute swans in open water. "Swan upping is an annual ceremony in England in which mute swans on the River Thames are rounded up, caught, ringed, and then released."
7rkoO TIL in the 1940s baseball umpires were called “guessers.” Anyone who questioned their calls were known as secondguessers, which is how the word second-guess was introduced to the English language.