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TIL that the moon is 1/400th the size of the sun but also 1/400th the distance from Earth which results in the moon and the sun being the same size in the sky, a coincidence not shared by any other known planet-moon combination.

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41Za TIL that it is still technically possible to obtain a Letter of Marque from Congress and become a privateer.
VMGvD TIL that director Fritz Lang had a meeting with Goebbels
neXJP TIL about a rumor that Stephen Hawking would deliberately run over the toes of people he didn’t like. He denied this rumor by stating it was “A Malicious rumor” and “I’ll run over anyone who repeats it!"
16lp7 TIL Adults who remain in cities after retirement actually live longer on average than those who retire to rural areas.
oBakr TIL In 2017, Hai Tao Buddhists who'd bought £5,000 of live Crustacea & released them into the sea for good karma, got fined £15,000 for ‘untold damage’ to the environment by introducing non-native species. In 2012 Hai Tao had released 100kg of cobras in a mountainous area not native to the snakes.