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TIL the radioactive isotope Polonium-210 is found in tobacco smoke.

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E1lYw TIL of the theremin, an instrument played without any physical contact which was invented in 1920.
v1b97 TIL there is a graveyard orbit of satellites many kilometers above the usual geosynchronous orbit
yQnZM TIL You could fit all the planets in our solar system between the Earth and the Moon.
N7xr8 TIL that humans and bananas share about 50% of the same DNA.
VBo70 TIL: In 1567, Hans Steininger, an Austrian politician known for his long flowing beard said to be seven feet long, died by tripping over his beard. After his death, the townspeople built him a statue and preserved his beard in glass. It is now in the District Museum Herzogsburg.