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TIL Bob Barker learned karate from Chuck Norris and continued to train until he was in his 70s, when he decided that “the time had come to exercise more lightly.”

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epEo6 TIL It is said that not even Nicolaus Copernicus ever saw planet Mercury. The reason is that, as an inner planet (to Earth), it will never angularly move away more than 28 degrees from the Sun
pYBl8 TIL that Joseph Kerwin was convicted on 1904 of piracy after robbing Adelia Sweeting on a ship on Lake Erie, since this ship was judged to be in "high seas"
RZ0j TIL The Phoenix 1000 is a private luxury submarine for the super wealthy. Holds up to 20 passengers, and can be designed with a wine cellar and gym. $80m
GARQ7 TIL the original name for a zipper was "hookless fastener." The original patent for "Zipper" ONLY referred to a specific type of boots that utilized the hookless fastener.
gr7G4 TIL Switzerland prohibits the ownership of just one guinea pig. Since guinea pigs are such social creatures, one guinea pig would get lonely so having just one is considered animal abuse in Switzerland.