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TIL if you could drive your car to space (at 60 mph / 97 kph) it would take 1 hour to get there and under 6 months to get to the moon

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ANKxw TIL a sign of asymptomatic early kidney disease in diabetics is the development of anemia
7rRwO TIL Blue Macaw parrot from the movie 'Rio' is now officially extinct. A study released in September found that the Blue Macaw is extinct in the wild along with seven other bird species.
vrex TIL: That Charles Lindbergh infant son was kidnapped and murdered and later was identified by a deformity on his foot, the murderer was executed by electric chair, and claimed his innocence throughout his sentence.
awQPo TIL about the Leesburg Stockade Girls
GJvj TIL During the filming of Titanic an angry crew member put the drug PCP into the soup that James Cameron and various other crew ate one night, which sent more than 50 people to the hospital. The person behind the poisoning was never caught.