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TIL Eaths magnetic poles flip on average every 200,000 - 300,000 years. Last time it flipped? 780,000 years ago.

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NRXb TIL that the man on NASA’s CAPCOM that said, “Challenger, go at throttle up” just before it exploded was the pilot on the very next shuttle mission.
YpX87 TIL there hasn’t been a single verified death by spider bite in the USA in 40 years and Australia in 50 years
D1Mge TIL of the world's shortest driveable highway, at 1,073 metres in length.
bMbQ TIL a Disneyland employee working as Winnie the Pooh went to court for slapping a child. After recess, the man returned in costume, jigged, and answered questions on the stand in full character. The jury acquitted him after seeing the costume’s short arms disallowed slapping someone at child height.
b9G5a TIL in The Land Before Time, the dinosaur Rooter consoles Littlefoot after his mother dies. This scene was added at the advice of psychologists to soften the blow, showing that death is something that Littlefoot, and the audience, have to deal with.