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TIL the Earth is moving thru the galaxy at 514,000 mph or 1/1300 the speed of light.

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R7b9 TIL president Jimmy Carter left the nuclear launch codes in his suit at the dry cleaners.
X0QX8 TIL there is a store called Uranus Chocolate Factory, located in Uranus, Missouri
b6OD0 TIL gravity is not 9.8 m/s2 around the world. That is just the global average.
NXb5P TIL there is no time limit that you must wait 24 or 48 hours to report a person as missing, whether he/she is considered missing or a runaway. you don’t have to know the reason why someone is missing, or worry about filing a false report.
1adn4 TIL about St. Pierre and Miquelon, a territorial collectivity of France only 16 miles from Canada where the locals speak French, use the Euro and have French citizenship.