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TIL - An Eclipse Never Comes Alone! A solar eclipse always occurs about two weeks before or after a lunar eclipse.

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GxK4 TIL that in 1986, a Soviet pilot made a bet with his co-pilot that he could land the airplane blind, with curtained cockpit windows. He crashed the plane into the landing strip, killing 70 out of 94 passengers and crew.
564D TIL: The famous Windows “3d pipes screensaver” contains hidden Teapots as pipe joints. It was used as an inside joke & reference to the “Utah Teapot”. A standard reference object throughout the computer graphics industry.
pyGQ TIL that people who complain generally live longer, because it’s a way to relieve stress.
r99x TIL that in 1963, the manager of Hall of Fame pitcher, Gaylord Perry, said jokingly, “They’ll put a man on the moon before he hits a home run.” Sure enough, on July 20, 1969, Perry hit his first career home run, just an hour after Apollo 11 landed on the moon.
4koao TIL almost 75 percent of the refrigeration and air conditioning sector can be converted to natural refrigerants, such as ammonia