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TIL of Aleksander Doba, a Polish kayaker known primarily for his long voyages across oceans. He kayaked across the Atlantic Ocean under his own power on three separate occasions. He completed his last crossing at the age of 70. His passages remain the longest open-water kayak voyages ever made

dD48K TIL rocket scientists call explosions a Rapid Unscheduled Dissasembly (RUD)
Wka7o TIL the caribou/reindeer is now essentially extinct in the lower 48 US states
5VyxP TIL it takes the energy from 50 leaves on an apple tree to produce one apple.
YNOW TIL that one heavily-loaded truck can do more damage to a road surface than 10,000 passenger cars.
awZXA TIL of the extinct sport of Barrel Jumping existed with a record jump of 18 barrels (nearly 30’!)