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TIL the international space station (ISS) took 10 years and 15 countries working together to assemble

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yjel TIL An elephant (Tarra) and a stray dog (Bella) were inseparable best friends at a sanctuary in TN. Tarra even waited outside a building for a week as Bella healed from an injury.
8DoX TIL there was a game called Perplex City which involved clues on playing card to find a cube with a prize of 100000 pounds. One of the clues was called “Billion to One” which featured a man and Japanese text that translates to “Find me”. He is still missing to this day.
M7M4W TIL "Entrance of the gladiators", a piece strongly associated with clowns and circus music, was originally intended to be inspiring marching music for war.
LQORV TIL Meatloaf had a large collection of expensive motorcycles, but didn't ride them. He would sit on them for hours admiring them, saying it made him feel he was flying like a bird.
0wlaN TIL that in USA, parents are 12.7% less likely to be happy than childless people.