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TIL: The Grand Canyon was formed not by the Colorado River cutting down into the landscape, but the landscape rising up and the river roughly maintaining its altitude above sea level

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v1yZj TIL that the highest paid official of the United States government is Bill Johnson, the chief executive officer of the federally owned power and utilities company, the Tennessee Valley Authority. His annual salary is $5.9 million dollars.
woo4E TIL that chimpanzees are NOT 5 times stronger than humans. A chimpanzee's muscular performance can in fact only produce around 1.35-1.5 times the performance that human muscle can produce. This means that a large and athletic person will be as strong as a chimpanzee.
QJeVp TIL: Coretta Scott King used to baby sit John Lithgow
54nr TIL Rainbows appear as full circles when viewed from the air. They only appear as arches from the the ground because there’s no rain below the viewer.
b95Ya TIL that the north star is 4000 times brighter than our sun. The light we see when we look at the north star was generated in the year 1587, and it has been traveling through space for 434 years to reach us.