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TIL The Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez once spoke for 8 hours straight on his own Talk Show

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W7MQ4 TIL, the sun in our solar system, Sol, is not a member of any constellation. Constellations are categorized by their shape as perceived from our solar system. Therefore, for Sol to be a member of a constellation we would need to travel to another star system to perceived the new "shape".
oBmKo TIL Bhutan, Wales, and Malta are the only countries the world whose flags have dragons on them.
D1X8p TIL, Pete Ham and Tom Evans, the songwriters of the song "Without You" (hit singles for Harry Nilsson and Mariah Carey) both committed suicide. Ham's suicide was because of financial troubles and Evans' suicide was because of a dispute over songwriting royalties for this song.
NbMP TIL that in Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
pYE68 TIL about Motty, the only proven hybrid between an Asian and an African elephant. It died at the age of 10 days due to an umbilical infection.