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TIL Apollo 17 astronaut Jack Schmitt earned the nickname “Twinkletoes” for his not so nimble moon walks.

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oBKpE TIL the Japanese Imperial Family has a staff of more than 1,000 people (47 servants per royal). 30 gardeners, 25 chefs, 40 chauffeurs as well as 78 builders, plumbers and electricians. The Emperor has four doctors on standby 24 hours a day, five men manage his wardrobe and 11 assists in Shinto rites
ANWgd TIL that light isn't the fastest thing. The expansion of the universe is significantly faster, perhaps even a million times faster!
4kd46 TIL about the drafting tool known as a "french curve", which can let a person draw smooth curves of basically any desired curvature depending on the scale. It's a tool where you don't need any complicated measurements, and has a very large amount of uses from architecture to fashion!
78W1P TIL On Aug. 1, Sprite will ditch the soft drink’s green-colored bottles in favor of clear PET bottles. Green, has contributed to it as one of the most recognizable brands. Sprite states that they try to further bottle-to-bottle recycling and increase the the availability of recycled material-PET.
85oZ TIL that Russia and the U.S. are both signatories on the Open Skies Treaty that allows intelligence gathering flights over any part of a member’s country, and not be restricted for reasons of national security.