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TIL: Much of Earth's water is older than the Sun, and come from deep space.

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4Dkb TIL FedEx uses several empty cargo planes that roam the country’s skies overnight in circuitous flight paths, ready to divert on demand in order to accommodate unexpected package volume.
Z8ZXD TIL 1920s Bootlegger George Remus had one of the worst breakups in history. His wife, owning all his assets, divorced him, tried to have him deported, hired a hitman to kill him, and left him with $100 from a Multi-Million dollar empire.
y4Pe TIL the ‘pirate accent’ is entirely based on the performance of Robert Newton in the film Treasure Island.
9o8p TIL abolitionist Harriet Tubman was known to hold a gun to slave’s heads if they tried to escape during one of her rescues. When asked if she’d ever shoot a slave, Tubman responded, “"Yes, if he was weak enough to give out…”
moRp TIL There is a 200 foot pink stuffed rabbit on a northern Italian hillside.