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TIL Green stars don't exist, because it will just look white

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jrGa TIL that the word ‘fuck’ was first used in 1568, but was most commonly used between 1700-1720. It disappeared from the English language for 150 years in the 18-1900s, but is now once again climbing in popularity.
VMJLp TIL that neanderthals could interbreed with modern humans, and around 66% of East Asians and about 70% of Europeans share genes with them
m1OPE TIL the MLB uses an average of 84-120 balls per game, equating to approximately 900k per season, to the tune of around $10M.
b6MXp TIL Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett, co-creators of the Netfix animated series Big Mouth, wrote the story and screenplay for the 1998 childrens movie Madeline.
Y41W TIL in 1964 the FAA, wanting to find out whether the population of a city would tolerate regular sonic booms, got the air force to make multiple daily supersonic flights over Oklahoma City for six months