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TIL that the Japanese do multiplication by drawing pictures of interlocking lines

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0wnEM TIL that the exoplanet Kepler-70b has an average temperature hotter than the Sun's surface as a result of falling into its host star and subsequently surviving
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oBVw7 TIL that in 2004 nearly one-third of the adult male population of the Pitcairn islands was convicted of child sex assault, even the mayor. His son, the current mayor is also a convicted sex offender. Another mayor who served in between them was convicted for possession of child pornography.
7PL7 TIL McDonald’s is no longer the world’s largest restaurant chain - Subway now has more outlets open worldwide than McDonald’s.
RdN7 TIL the farthest distance into space humans have traveled was reached during the Apollo 13 emergency.