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TIL that editors will often add fictitious words to dictionaries in order to “catch” others copying off them. Cartographers also do this.

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MvXb TIL that due to time dilation its possible to travel anywhere in the galaxy within a human lifetime. A ship accelerating constantly at 1g (earth gravity) could travel to the center of the milky way and back in 40 years.
R7mn1 TIL about 'star jelly' or 'star snot,' a gelatinous substance sometimes found on grass or even on branches of trees. According to folklore, it is deposited on the Earth during meteor showers. Nobody is quite sure what it actually is.
J1nBv TIL A Clockwork Orange is the first Science Fiction AND the last X Rated film Ever to be nominated for Best Picture
9OX TIL that Stephen Hawking thinks it would be a bad idea to talk to aliens
N7PpQ TIL actor/singer/dancer/comedian Danny Kaye (White Christmas 1954) was also a world-renowned chef, a pilot, and a philanthropist. He conducted orchestras although he could not read music, he received two Academy Awards, and he held honorary membership in two professional medical associations.