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TIL the tail of a comet can reach 1 million km long

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mxNbP TIL a 1996 survey found that 95% of all American preschoolers had watched Sesame Street by the time they were three years old.
pJOe TIL that if the 2005 Tour De France championship had to be given to the fastest finisher not accused of doping, it would have to go to the guy who came in 23rd, Swiss Leonardo Piepoli.
0wnmR TIL the popular door knock "dah dah dah dah dah...dah dah" is know as the "Shave and a Haircut" and was used by POWs during the vietnam war to identify new US prisoners. They would tap the first five notes, and wait for the last two notes in response
VMbrB TIL liquid smoke is the environmentally conscious choice over charcoal barbecue
JnV1 TIL Frank Abagnale portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in Catch Me If You Can escaped prison by convincing a group of guards that he was actually an undercover prison inspector pretending to be an inmate