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TIL that Lea Thompson (of "Back to the Future" fame) has directed a bunch of television episodes, the latest of which is her second effort for "Star Trek: Picard"

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d6pr TIL that in China, more than 30 million people live in caves. Also that in the stone age there were only 5 million people on the earth, meaning that there are more cavemen now than there have ever been.
D1dmJ TIL The cheapest toll ever paid to cross the Panama Canal was 36 cents. It was paid by Richard Halliburton in 1928 so that he could swim the length of the canal.
EZ4d TIL That the B-52 bomber (started serving in 1952) won’t be retired until the 2040s. By then, it’ll have been in continuous service for almost a century.
e0mY6 TIL Marvel Comics G.I. Joe #21 (1984) was a completely silent issue. Writer/Artist Larry Hama wanted a complete story - beginning, middle, end, conflict, characterization, action, solid resolution - without the word balloons, captions, and sound effects.
0wNyM TIL the only ski jumping medalist in United States history won his medal 50 years later after a scoring error was discovered.