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TIL the tails of comets point away from the sun, not behind its travel direction

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B4KK TIL beer is the world’s 3rd most popular drink, after water and tea.
1rvD TIL NASCAR Legend Dale Earnhardt, along with many other NASCAR drivers, resisted use of the HANS device when it was introduced. The HANS was developed specifically to help prevent Basilar skull fractures common to car racing. Earnhardt later died after suffering this exact injury.
ADLnB TIL France is poorer than every US state except for Mississippi
JYyOk TIL Betty Robinson, an Olympic runner, was involved in a plane crash in 1931 and was wrongly pronounced dead upon first being discovered. She spend 7 months in a coma and it took her 2 years to learn to walk normally again. In 1936, she returned to the US olympic team and won gold in the relay.
KO9Dw TIL that Mitochondria, the powerhouse of the cell, is not a part of our DNA, but instead is a bacteria that developed a symbiotic relationship with cells some 1.7 to 2 billion years ago.