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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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rRoZW TIL The Well Yes But Actually No meme comes from a misquoted line from the movie So You Want to Be a Pirate. The actual line said in the scene pictured by the meme is "good guess, but actually no" which is often heard as "well yes, but actually no" due to pronunciation.
RPOQ TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger had an egg thrown at him at a rally, and supported it as freedom of speech
Z1Jp TIL most Beagles are born with a white tipped tail. That was a trait selected by breeders to make them easier to identify among tall grass and dense vegetation while hunting.
rBay TIL the rate of PTSD in adults who were in foster care for one year between the ages of 14–18 was found to be higher than that of combat veterans.
xNv7 TIL in the Yellow River in China there are so many corpses to be found that it is lucrative to recover them and sell the bodies back to the families of the deceased for 500$