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TIL the Butt fumble has its own Wikipedia page

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VMrk0 TIL that it takes only 8-minutes for sunlight to reach the Earth, but can take up to 170,000 years for it to travel from the Sun's core to its surface. This is because the photons travel in a nonlinear path known as a random walk process - looks pretty similar to a convoluted zig zag.
4XxyJ TIL: among the feral animals in the Australian Outback are Peacocks. Feral Peafowl prey on snakes but are preyed upon by Dingo
WrP4 TIL that following Marilyn Monroe’s death, Joe DiMaggio was so devastated he held a private funeral barring all the Hollywood elite, delivered roses to her grave three times a week for over 20 years, never remarried, and his last words were “I’ll finally get to see Marilyn.”
5VYyQ TIL about the Ryugyong Hotel, which North Korea has been trying to open since 1987
vxaD TIL Over 77,000 people in Rwanda may get out of poverty thanks to a simple solar program