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TIL Hubble can get detailed views of distant galaxies but not of Pluto

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a89MN TIL that the Amazon River drains about 61 million gallons (230 million liters) of water into the ocean per second. This is greater than that of the world's next seven largest rivers combined and accounts for 20% of total river water discharge worldwide.
jN6lR TIL Rob McElhenney from "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" willingly gained 50 pounds in preparation for Season 7 of the show. He consumed 5000 calories per day, and only stopped when his doctor said that his lifestyle was putting too much stress on his heart.
j5QE TIL The Pledge of Allegiance Was Just A Marketing Ploy
Bx8r TIL that, until the 1980s, physicians routinely operated on infants without anesthetic - administering only muscle relaxants to prevent motion - under the belief that infants could not feel pain
m1YwR TIL in a 2009 episode, Michael Schumacher appeared on BBC's Top Gear as the Stig. Jeremy Clarkson hinted that Schumacher was not the regular Stig which was later confirmed by BBC. Schumacher was there because Ferrari would not allow anyone else to drive the Ferrari FXX featured in the show.