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TIL A man named Dean Karnazes has a physiological advantage in that he doesn’t seem to have a lactate threshold; thus was able to run 350 miles in under 81hours without sleep

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jNJ1R TIL Princess Diana was the first prominent public figure in the UK to be pictured holding the hand of a person with AIDS in his hospital bed, an action which helped to change perceptions on AIDS victims.
X0EQ8 TIL about the World Trade Center Health Program. as of 2021 it has helped over 70,000 people with conditions that were a direct result of the attacks
LQBxd TIL the way horses are transported to the Olympics is by flying in a Boeing 727 cargo plane refitted to be an airborne stable. That is plane is lovingly referred to as "Air Horse One"
JYJp1 TIL: The North Korean embassy in Berlin has an illegal hostel the German government has been unable to close.
jnj TIL that as a boy, Michael Bay attached some firecrackers to a toy train and filmed the ensuing fiery disaster with his mother’s 8mm camera.