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TIL Shaggy's real name is Norville Rogers

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Y7yxA TIL that 6174 is called the Kaprekar Constant after Indian Mathematician D.R. Kaprekar. No matter which four digit number you start with (as long as it is not identical), you will always end up at 6174 in a maximum of seven iterations.
4ke6R TIL Hawaii didn't have mosquitos until 1826
neGN7 TIL that Nintendo can trace its origins back to the time of the Ottoman Empire and even ran brothels to supplement their trading card business.
amp0 TIL that our own Milky Way is home to around 300 billion stars
9w8aB TIL even traveling at the speed of light, it would take us 25,000 years to reach the center of our galaxy.