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TIL that “Amen” means “So be it.”

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LkBkr TIL Proxima Centuauri, the nearest-known star to the Sun, is 4.244 lightyears (about 40.15 trillion kilometres or 24.95 trillion miles) away from it.
8evLb TIL that Abraham Lincoln - a fearsome wrestler as a young man - once wrestled the county champion outside the store where he worked, as the whole town looked on. When his opponent began cheating, Lincoln picked the man up and flung him to the ground, knocking him out and starting an all-out brawl.
awDN9 TIL that Jupiters Giant Red Spot is expected to dissappear within the next 10 to 20 years despite lasting for an estimated 400 years so far.
gM5aW TIL Coconuts are not a fruit, nut or seed but a 'fibrous one-seeded drupe'. There are over 80 types of coconut palms, which are not trees since there is no bark, no branches, or secondary growth. A coconut palm is a 'woody perennial monocotyledon'.
jNeXp TIL that every home in Switzerland must legally contain a shelter, as part of an aim to accommodate the entire population in the event of nuclear attack.