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TIL that NASA discovered a planet with two suns. AKA Tatooine.

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b91P7 TIL the PX symbol commonly seen on pill bottles in American Film/TV is actually Rx, used for prescriptions
wLY9o TIL the colour fuchsia is named after the fuschia plant, which is named after botanist Leonard Fuchs. This makes it a colour named after a plant named after a man named after an animal, as "Fuchs" is German for "fox".
PYXde TIL that Ted Bundy was master of disguise. When he was arrested in Pensacola for driving a stolen vehicle, He spent several days in jail, and authorities were unable to figure out who he was, even though by this point, he was on the FBI’s Top Ten Fugitives list.
MmeK TIL Nikola Tesla’s statue in Silicon Valley provides a free wi-fi signal to nearby people.
VMWX0 TIL The FBI’s Indian Country program includes over 140 special agents and 40 victim specialists in 36 field offices. Indeed, 33% of all FBI victim specialists and 50% of all FBI child and adolescent forensic interviewers work directly with victims and families on more than 200 Indian reservations.