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TIL Asian Fishing does not mean Asian people fishing

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p8Kye TIL that Sagittarius A* - the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way - has a mass 4 million times that of our Sun, but a diameter only 31 times the Sun's. It is so dense that it could fit in the space between the Earth and the Sun, but can attract things 50k light years away.
Me918 TIL that Rodney Dangerfield is considered one of the first content-creating celebrities on the internet. He owned and ran it himself, personally replying to fans via email
4XxZg TIL because of their massive balloons during Thanksgiving parades, Macy's is the second biggest consumer of Helium in the world after the US Military.
PYdAJ TIL According to Welsh legend, faeries would not only use Corgis for pulling their carts, but would also ride them into battle.
OoVj4 TIL Pluto is technically a binary system. Its moon, Charon, is massive enough in relation to Pluto that the point around which they orbit is somewhere in between the two.