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TIL that for the past 15 years, Brazilian football team Corinthians has never lost a match held right before or after a Taylor Swift solo album release, but always lost the match held after the release of a Paul McCartney solo album.

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8K9P TIL If our planet was 50% larger in diameter, we would not be able to venture into space, at least using rockets, due to how the fuel requirements for rockets scale.
5VWBr TIL that in 1948, a flood destroyed the town of Vanport, Oregon. The local college refused to shut down and became known as “the college that wouldn't die". Today that school is Portland State University.
ep645 TIL that the planet Saturn is the only planet in our solar system with an average density that is lower than water. It could theoretically float in a pool (if there was a pool big enough to support it 🙃)
4k8VX TIL about an Ultra-rare baby ghost shark sighted in New Zealand that is the first creature I'm aware of that can be legitimately called a dickhead, given that's where it's penis is located.