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TIL an Airbus helicopter has been landed on the summit of Mt. Everest

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vPLAK TIL that Karen Dotrice, who portrayed Jane in Disney's Mary Poppins, didn't see the film in its entirety until 2013, almost fifty years after its original release. She didn't watch the full 140-minute film at its 1964 premiere because she had to leave early for school the following morning.
v1rw7 TIL that the Victorians had a machine for making fresh ice cream in under 10 minutes, patented by the 'Queen of Ices' in 1885
dAJ8 TIL a study says a man’s semen can fight acne and erase wrinkles
9Y0lB TIL engineers plan to build a space elevator on the Moon tethered to a counterweight floating in a “Lagrange Point”, a pocket of gravitational equilibrium in our Earth-Moon system. We will sling rockets into space using centrifugal force at the top of the elevator.
vPKVL TIL of John Fryer who, as Dr. Anonymous, addressed the APA in a clown tuxedo and Nixon mask... and changed the world.