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TIL the sun and moon appear to be the same size in the sky because of an astonishing coincidence: the moon is 400 times smaller but 400 times closer.

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5YeXn TIL Wisconsin has an area with very sandy soil which is able to support a desert like environment including prickly pear cactus and a few species of lizard.
0dv55 TIL in a 1977 Speech in Warsaw, U.S. President Jimmy Carter's translator mistranslated several remarks, stating that President Carter had abandonded the U.S never to return, and that he wished to get to know the Polish people 'carnally'.
P87n TIL there is a temple in India where women come to shave their heads as part of a religious ceremony. After they leave, the temple sells the hair to companies that make hair extensions.
wo54Y TIL that before 1985, Zombies weren't known for eating brains. Their penchant for head biting was first coined in the cult horror classic Return of the Living Dead.
P1kGJ TIL that Charlie, from the 1971 film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, never acted again, and recently retired from his large animal practice as a veterinarian.