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TIL Using very high magnification through a telescope causes floaters, or particles inside the eyeball, to be more noticeable

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nWEZG TIL Wilt Chamberlain is the reason for players to stay behind the foul line when shooting a free throw. In college, thanks to his 7’ height, 7’8” wingspan, and 50” vertical, he would start from top of the key, leap before the foul line, and dunk the ball before he touched the ground in the lane.
DQeoV TIL The world's largest employer is The United States Department of Defense (with 3 million employees)
glDL TIL the Rolling Stones hit Brown Sugar was originally called Black Pussy but changed for being to direct
VBYLp TIL there are currently 4 major wars (10,000 or more combat-related deaths in current or past year) and 19 wars (1,000–9,999 combat-related deaths in current or past year) taking place
Xv5Q TIL Will Ferrell was offered $29 million to star in Elf 2. He declined.