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TIL that the sun revolves around the Milky Way, it’s called a galactic year, and takes 250 mil. years to cycle. We are literally on the same cycle that started when the dinosaurs roamed. Meaning we are physically somewhere new in space that we’ve never been before every second until this day.

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gxjy TIL British gunboats were having problems being lit on fire during World War II, so they designed a special diesel engine with the cylinders in a DELTA configuration. The engine worked so well, it is still in service 70 years later, and is half the size of its competitors. But just a 5th the weight.
bpvN TIL that in an incident that Picasso recalled fondly, two of his mistresses once encountered each other at the artist’s studio. They demanded that he choose between them, but the artist refused, stating that they should fight it out, which led to their wrestling on the floor.
Oo0wY TIL scientists created a mouse colony that started with 4 males and 4 females. The colony peaked at 2200 and from there declined to extinction. When 'overpopulation' was reached, most of the mouses stopped reproducing and "just ate, slept, and groomed."
wL9mM TIL The author of the novel "Brave New World", Aldous Huxley, create another novel (Island) which reversed the cultures and roles of the civilized and savages.
Q6M9 TIL that, during an English peasant revolt, a rebel leader nicknamed Captain Pouch promised to protect the rebels by the contents of his pouch. When the rebellion failed and he was captured, all that was found in his pouch was a piece of green cheese.