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TIL that Pluto is legally a planet when it passes over the skies of New Mexico, whereas it is a dwarf planet for the rest of the world.

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GoD5 TIL Two of Santa’s Reindeer, now known by “Donner” and “Blitzen” which mean “Thunder” and “Lightning” in German were originally named “Dunder” and “Blixem” after the Dutch words of the same meaning.
BYnd TIL The word ‘flaneur’ refers to a person that wonders around and observes society, a man who is not aimless in being but is not stressed of his life, he doesn’t worry about anything and is free from society’s pressures. He is a man that exists to observe.
nWW67 TIL: Between 1855 and 1900, SIX surveys attempted to locate the 120-degree CA-NV border line, with results differing by more than three miles.
4Xvk5 TIL in the 1970s, physicists used a diapered ferret to assist them in cleaning the inside of a particle accelerator. The ferret, named Felicia, made dozens of runs before retiring as a pet on a mink farm.
vKoK TIL Mark Hamill was in a car accident that caused substantial facial trauma a day before he finished shooting the original Star Wars. An in-universe explanation for his scarring was developed for The Empire Strikes Back, where he is mauled by a Wampa, allowing him to continue the trilogy.