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TIL jet lag was first mentioned by Wiley Post writing about his 1931 world record flight around the earth in eight days.

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ZB5B TIL that Richard Montañez, Mexican janitor, who invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos is now the executive vice president of multicultural sales and community activation for PepsiCo’s North American divisions.
gMdEW TIL about Alana Saarinen, the girl with three biological parents. Alana’s nuclear DNA is from her mother and father, with mitochondrial DNA from another woman. This procedure has now been banned due to safety and ethical concerns.
1EVO TIL Netflix Saves Us From Over 130 Hours of Commercials a Year
b9vd7 Nero, Stalin and Bin Laden were all fans, but what makes verse so appealing to these leaders? Benjamin Ramm explores the connection between ruthlessness and sentimentality.
j59R TIL in the 70s the US tapped an underwater comm line located between two USSR harbors using navy divers deployed from a submarine. Submarines returned with divers every month to retrieve the tapes, and The soviets never found out despite having a network of sonar sensors!