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TIL that the longest stretch of highway in the United States without a gas station is I-70 in Utah. There are no services, no exits, no towns and no legal way to turn around for 106 miles between Green River and Salina

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d8Xb7 TIL that a Serbian flight attendant once fell 10,160 meters (33,330 ft) without a parachute and survived.
gM5QL TIL that the Germans ALSO bombed England during WWI
GMR4 TIL long before trees overtook the land, Earth’s surface was covered by gigantic 24 feet tall and three feet wide mushrooms.
W71pN TIL that Bill Lancaster, son of famous actor Burt Lancaster, wrote the screenplays for The Bad News Bears (1976) and John Carpenter's The Thing (1982).
6ERlW TIL: In New Zealand there is a Hill named Taumatawhakatangi­hangakoauauotamatea­turipukakapikimaunga­horonukupokaiwhen­uakitanatahu (85 letters), which holds the records for the longest named place in the World.