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TIL that Eris is the most massive and second-largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System.

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R7lXa TIL light bulbs in the New York City subway system screw in "backwards" (i.e. with left-handed threads) so people won't steal them to use at home.
rRr0 TIL Craigslist makes its money by charging $25 for job postings in six of its largest U.S. markets, $75 for job listings in San Francisco, and by assessing a $10 fee for brokered apartment listings in New York City.
OoZYe TIL Laszlo Polgar is a Hungarian chess teacher, who believes that "geniuses are made, not born”. So he home-schooled all 3 daughters with his own teaching style, and one of them - Judit now is widely considered to be the greatest female chess player ever
OGar1 TIL of Doctor Yellow, the name for the two diagnostic bullet trains on Japan's Shinkansen. They test the tracks at 270 kph. Seeing one of these rare trains is considered a sign of good luck
GwL1 TIL Cherophobia is the belief that when one becomes happy, something bad will soon occur after feeling happiness.