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TIL the longest certified foot race in the world is the ‘Self-Transcendence 3100’ where runners must do 5649 laps around a single block in Queens New York.

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XddQ TIL In 1795, as Composer Joseph Haydn conducted the premiere of his 102nd symphony, the audience pressed forward out of their seats to get a closer look. Moments later, a chandelier crashed to the floor where the seats had emptied, killing no one and giving this piece the name “The Miracle”.
Nk9e TIL in 1998 a British man faked his own death to make his wife realise how much she missed him. He left his clothes on the beach and hid. It backfired as his wife divorced him after learning about it
VMyyZ TIL that two soviet pilots made a bet to essentially blindfold themselves on touchdown, curtaining all the windows so they couldn't see. The plane then crashed, killing 70 of the 94 passengers and crew on board. One pilot died, the other served only 6 years in prison.
8aAN8 TIL the experience of walking into a room and forgetting exactly what you came in there to do is called the Doorway Effect. Walking through an open door and entering a new room creates a "mental block" in our brains and resets the memory to make room for the creation of new memories.
v1Q6K TIL a peregrine falcon was clocked at 242 mph in a dive. A trained falcon kept pace with a skydiver, and that was as fast as the skydiver could go.