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TIL it takes the light from the sun about 8 minutes to reach earth

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v1Q7 TIL internet-famous “Jesus Riding Dinosaur” is the original art of Francesca Berrini - and she did much more along those lines.
OoQBL TIL: Joshua Bell, one of the top violinists in the world played during rush hour in a DC metro station on his 3.5 million dollar violin. He acted like a normal street performer, It was an experiment to see if normal people would notice his musical talent. They did not.
Brwvd TIL that a judge sued a dry cleaner for $67 million because they lost a pair of his pants
mk6M TIL No president of the United States of America was an only child
7rlnp TIL that 177 years after his death, George Washington was promoted to General of the Armies, the highest possible rank in the U.S. Army