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TIL the state of Maine only has one area code (207), with the exception of four residents who use the area code of Quebec (418).

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VBL1m TIL The days of the week were named after the planets: Sun, Moon, Mars (Ares), Mercury (Hermes), Jupiter (Zeus), Venus (Aphrodite) and Saturn (Cronos_
R7xvl TIL Earths relationship with the Moon is bound unbelievably to the golden ratio. If Earths radius = 1 and the moon equals 0.272 that makes 1.272 (square root of phi). Draw a triangle with one line at a value of 1 and the second at a value of 1.272 and then hypotenuse (third line) is 1.618 or phi
8RyX TIL that the Mighty Morphin Power Ranger’s command center is in Marilyn Manson’s “The Dope Show.”
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a8YL9 TIL Aphantasia is a condition affecting 1 to 3% of people. Its mind or imagination blindness. People with Aphantasia cannot visualize anything in the minds.