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TIL the Parker Solar Probe has become the fastest man-made object traveling at 430,000 MPH, that's around the earth in about 3 minutes.

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mxr4R TIL I learned about Mellified man. The donor would only eat honey, going as far as to bathe in the substance. Shortly, his feces (and even his sweat, according to legend) would consist of honey. When this diet finally proved fatal, the donor's body would be placed in a stone coffin filled with honey
VMxQ4 TIL: Steve Jobs was infamous for parking his Mercedes in handicapped parking spots. He also didn’t use license plates.
Wknj8 TIL there was an occupational condition called "radium jaw"--workers exposed to radium had necrosis of the jaw, bleeding gums and bone tumors in their face. It primarily affected women who worked at radium paint companies.
v19W4 TIL that in April 2021, Jaleel White, who played Steve Urkel in 'Family Matters', launched his own cannabis business. The ItsPurpl line, which would be produced in partnership with 710 labs, would include the 'Purple Urkle' and 'Stefan' strains.
oRJ7W TIL in the 1950s, when the CIA was fighting the Huks, a communist guerrilla movement in the Philippines, they spread rumors that evil men would be attacked by an aswang or 'vampire'. As part of psychological warfare, they punctured holes in a dead body and drained it of blood for others to find.