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TIL Jupiter was the first planet to form in our solar system

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RM8Q TIL that there was a large significant White Slave population in the Colonies that numbered at least 300,000 Irish prior to the 19th century.
wgwW TIL there’s something called Tetris Syndrome, which happens when you play a game too long and you start to dream and hallucinate about it in your peripheral vision.
vvBx TIL of a man who joined the Marines as a private, got promoted to Sergeant and then became an officer as a Lieutenant, then got discharged, enlisted as a Private again, then became an officer again, and ended up being a Lieutenant General
Brxyd TIL about the Lost Colony of Roanoke, the first attempt at British settlement of North America. The leader of the colony left for England for supplies and returned to find all 120 colonists and their buildings had vanished. The only clue was the word ‘CROATOAN’ carved into a tree.
nW7jb TIL Africa and Asia are home to nearly 90 percent of the world's rural population.