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TIL Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart live in the same building and ride to work together.

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1e7P TIL that Polynesian sailors still navigate the oceans using nothing but the stars, the moon, the movement of the waves etc.
lxbA TIL More of world’s poor & malnourished live in India than in all sub-Saharan Africa
e0vbb TIL that the magnetosphere of Jupiter, extends up to seven million kilometers in the Sun's direction and almost to the orbit of Saturn in the opposite direction. If it was visible from Earth, in the night sky, it would be roughly 4 to 5 times bigger than our moon
JYpaQ TIL that the French King, Lois XIV owned a collection of 413 beds in several places all over France, so that he could sleep in his own bed, no matter where he traveled.
0wZpM TIL that cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, Brussels sprouts, and collard greens are all the same species of plant