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TIL that a comet's tail points away from the sun, and don't indicate the direction it's moving

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WxBB TIL all men WILL develop prostate cancer if they live long enough
XEY6r TIL that El Salvador is the only country in the world named after Jesus Christ
x6rgB TIL Jerald terHorst was Gerald Ford's press secretary for only month. He resigned after Ford granted Nixon a pardon, which he found especially unconscionable in light of Ford's refusal to pardon draft dodgers during the Vietnam War
Odmg TIL of a chimp named Nim Chimpsy that used sign language to express that he wanted to smoke marijuana
Xl9R TIL of The Hole: a facility operated by the Church of Scientology in California. The Tampa Bay Times described it as “a place of confinement and humiliation where Scientology’s management culture…grew extreme.” It has been described by ex-members comparable to that of a North Korean death camp.