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TIL that it can take a photon 40,000 years to reach the surface of the sun from the core, but only 8 minutes to travel to earth.

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XBpP TIL all candidates in Iranian elections must have a master’s degree.
4k4oX TIL Yoko Ono, the controversial former wife of the Beatles' John Lennon, is one of the most successful dance club artists on Billboard, with 13 #1 dance club hits and ranking as the 11th most successful dance club artist of all time by Billboard
AnAB TIL of Jonathan Daniels, a white Episcopal priest who was killed in 1965 after he threw himself in front of a shotgun blast targeting a seventeen-year-old black girl. Both he and the girl had been peacefully protesting for civil rights when they were attacked by a deputy.
5YPQ9 TIL that some 430,000 years ago, high in the Atapuerca Mountains of northern Spain, a lethal assault was committed. The victim, a young adult Neanderthal, received two blows to the head, just above the left eye.
6eaZ TIL Dave Grohl is the drummer on all three Tenacious D studio albums