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TIL if Pluto was recognized as a planet, then there should be 4 other dwarf planets added to the planet list: Ceres, Haumea, Makemake and Eris.

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nOQG TIL that in 2013, women earned 60 percent of all bachelor’s degrees that were awarded that year in the United States.
jdnQ TIL that pencils are yellow because, in the 1890’s, the world’s best pencil graphite came from China. In China, the color yellow is associated with royalty, so American pencil manufacturers started painting their pencils yellow to indicate they contained high-quality Chinese graphite.
dDEaj TIL that AllTrials calls for all past and present clinical trials to be registered and their full methods and summary results be reported
ao0M TIL of the Pyrenean ibex. The first animal to be cloned out of extinction. It subsequently became the first animal to go extinct twice!
ZoRv TIL the Freemasons of the UK and Ireland donate Teddy bears to pediatric A&E departments to be given to distressed children. To date they have donated one million bears in the UK and over 85,000 in Ireland.