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TIL that there’s only 24 GPS satellite’s orbiting the earth, for all of mankind.

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R5Nrl TIL the US won the gold, silver, and bronze medals in tug of war at the 1904 Summer Olympics.
VBVOk TIL a primary cause for the e-cigarette or vaping use-associated lung injury (EVALI) outbreak in the US (that claimed 68 lives as of Feb 2020) was identified as vitamin E acetate which was found in certain THC-containing vape products.
gGWD TIL there was an ancient Egyptian god that was depicted with the head of a frog who was called “Kek”
m181O TIL the first Who Wants to Be a Millionaire video game was developed by Jellyvision, the creators of You Don't Know Jack, and became one of the fastest-selling PC games of all time.
PYOrE TIL of Catherine Yasinchuk, a Ukrainian woman who was wrongly institutionalized for 48 years in a Philadelphia asylum because she did not speak English and no one understood her. She’d come to the USA alone at the age of 15, and suffered a nervous breakdown after losing her husband and baby.