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TIL the largest scale model of our solar system spans the length of Sweden, the Sun being represented by the largest hemispherical building in the world.

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85rL TIL that the photographer who took the famous ‘The vulture and the girl’ photograph in 1993 later on committed suicide in 1994, the same year he received a Pulitzer prize for the disturbing image.
GAkQJ TIL that an American English speaker will learn a word every two days, on average, between the ages of 20 and 60
pmN8 TIL Michael Caine once said about his role in Jaws: The Revenge “I have never seen it, but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific.”
QNBWd TIL about Thomas Grasso, a murderer who was executed in 1995. He requested 24 mussels, 24 clams, a cheeseburger, 6 ribs, 2 milkshakes, a pie, strawberries and a can of SpaghettiOs as a last meal. His last words were "I did not get my SpaghettiOs, I got spaghetti. I want the press to know this."
pYJmG TIL that the lyrics of South Africa's national anthem employ the five most widely spoken of their eleven official languages – Xhosa, Zulu, Sesotho, Afrikaans, and English. The lyrics are sung in these languages regardless of the native language of the singer.