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TIL with a hypothetical "Constant Acceleration" spaceship traveling at 1G you could travel the diameter of the Milky Way (105,000 Light-years) in a short 12 year journey.

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vwWx TIL if people in the top 10% for alcohol consumption were to reduce their total consumption to that of the next lowest 10% group, alcohol sales would drop by 60% in the United States.
EP7W TIL that the phrase “Blood is thicker than water” was originally “The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb,” meaning the modern phrase is opposite in meaning to its origin.
X05Vj TIL: Antilia is one of the most expensive private residences in the world, costing over $1 billion. The billionaire had his entire family live in the 27 story home which requires 600 servants and has 168 car garage, 9 elevators, a theatre, pool, ballroom, and snow room. It was built on an orphanage.
bDN TIL That the possible arrangements for a deck of 52 cards, is larger than the number of seconds that have elapsed since the universe began.
87Ga TIL that In 2010, a Colorado money manager maimed a cyclist in a hit-and-run. He escaped felony charges by arguing that the smell of his new Mercedes-Benz had aggravated his sleep apnea, which briefly knocked him out.