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TIL according to the 2020 census. Azusa, California has a population of exactly 50000

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VM0ek TIL that a whale-sized asteroid, which could have easily destroyed an area the size of New York on collision, flew past Earth at nearly nine kilometers per sec. Surprisingly, the U.S. space agency, NASA, failed to detect the asteroid and spotted it only the day after it skimmed past the planet.
jNjja TIL, kids growing up in Canada played "The Yukon Trail" instead of the Oregon Trail in the US.
7ZRZ TIL that b/c of universe’s increasing expansion rate, the gulf between all other stars and the Earth will eventually be so vast that stellar light, even at its greatest speed, will not be able to reach us, leaving our night sky in pure empty blackness.
R7xa4 TIL of a place in the Philippines as the site of one of the bloodiest public reenactments of the Passion during Holy Week, particularly on Good Friday. Residents of the area have long claimed that the ancient local image of the Crucified Christ has miraculous healing powers.
PYvJJ TIL that in 1670, against a judge's instructions, a jury refused to find two men guilty. The judge held the jury in contempt; locked them up overnight without food, water or heat; and fined them. On appeal, the Chief Justice ruled that a jury could not be punished for returning the wrong verdict.