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TIL that the Sun has a (very hot) "atmosphere" ~5x bigger than the rest of the Sun

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jaRa TIL that Texas has its own dialect of German
5Y4B TIL Disney World has a special village for kids from Make A Wish called Give Kids The World Village which is staffed by 50,000 volunteers and overwhelms these children with affection and attention
d8bdQ TIL, Robert L. Scott Jr., a retired USAF Brigadier General and WWII flying ace, in 1980 at the age of 72, gained national attention by hiking the 1,900 miles (3050 km) of the Great Wall of China. The journey took 94 days and he sustained himself with 1,200 oatmeal raisin cookies.
OowdR TIL Utqiagvik, Alaska People often call the town "the top of the world," When the sun sets on November 18, it will stay below the horizon until January 23, resulting in a polar night that lasts for about 66 days.
R7Xoa TIL clothes hangers weren’t invented until the early 1900s. Before that people had fewer clothes and used shelves and hooks.