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TIL that the closest star to our sun, Proxima Centauri, is at 4.25 light years away. If the most distant spacecraft Voyager 1 travels to Proxima Centauri at its current speed of 17.3 km/s, it would take over 73,000 years to arrive.

Erasmus Darwin, grandfather of Charles Darwin, gained so much weight in his later years that he struggled to fit at his dining table. His solution was to remove a semi-circular section so he could slot into the gap.

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Men are more likely to have sex-induced headaches than women.

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One of the eggs I bought was all wrinkly

TIL of Mark Roberts, a man from England who has streaked at more than 565 international events. He has his own set of 'rules' for streaking: don't interrupt the play of a game, be prepared to spend an evening in jail, have a good lawyer on hand, and don't eat spicy food the night before a streak

One of the highest per capita consumers of Worcestershire sauce is El Salvador where it as known as salsa inglesa ('English sauce') or salsa Perrins.

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