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TIL in galactic years, the Sun is about 20 years old and will die at the age of 54.

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8aWkK TIL about Gregory Peck's role in The Omen (1976). One of the reasons why he accepted the role of a tortured father, conflicted with guilt, was because he hadn't been around when his son Jonathon committed suicide in 1975.
8eRLV TIL one of the earliest and most iconic Nike shoe tread, the “waffle sole” was designed literally by its inventor, Bill Bowerman, pouring rubber into his wife’s Belgian waffle iron.
yVKpv TIL: In the 1950s, to re-establish breeding populations, pairs of beavers were dropped by parachute in remote wildernesses. It worked.
9w7WM TIL the Madison Square Garden company uses facial recognition to keep out enemy lawyers
pYBA TIL psychologist George M. Stratton in the 1890’s wore glasses that made him see everything upside down and after 5 days his brain adapted and he was seeing things as normal.