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TIL the Great Wall of China is only visible from space if you have good eyesight!

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kO6PB TIL: Gerard Way, co-founder and lead vocalist of My Chemical Romance, is also the creator and writer of the comic book series, The Umbrella Academy.
PXXV TIL that physicians within the United States correctly diagnosed 55.3% of easier and 5.8% of more difficult cases
5Yvyp TIL that no one is sure who wrote the original music to the song "Respect," most famously sung by Aretha Franklin. The original performer, Otis Redding, gets the sole songwriting credit, but he took the music and some of the lyrics from an artist who had copied it from another unknown guitarist.
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7aKb TIL - The first female flight attendants had to be an unwed nurse, weight between 100-118 lbs, stand 5ft to 5'4" and be 20 to 26 years old