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TIL that the American soccer team Seattle Sounders averages 43,000 fans per game, more than the elite billion dollar club and and 2012 Champions League winner Chelsea FC in England

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LLbr TIL Church of Scientology leader, David Miscavige is only on level OT VII. (OT VIII is the highest level). He has not been audited since 1993, and his (now missing) wife, Shelley Miscavige, was concerned he was going to leave Scientology
WkLWA TIL that the core of the Earth is about 2.5 years younger than the crust. This is due to gravitational time dilation, a consequence of General Relativity
M7Dpa TIL that Corey Feldman voiced Donatello in the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie
vrZ8 TIL Japan has a desert that is approximately 30 square kilometers and attracts up to 2 million visitors annually
j6E1M TIL that publications keep "advance obituaries" for notable individuals in order to have large well-written articles as quickly as possible. Not only do these regularly get published early in error, but P.T. Barnum requested his be published early so he could read them on his deathbed. They did.