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TIL that 12 people have walked on the moon but only 3 people have been to the bottom of the Mariana Trench

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QNWv9 TIL that the disease “the bends” were discovered while workers on the Brooklyn bridge came up too quickly while working down in the caissons
DQA1p TIL that Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 phone was so prone to exploding that Samsung released an update to brick any unreturned devices.
rNl0y TIL that the Fukushima disaster would have caused far less months of life lost if the residents were instead sheltered in place because of the factors due to the displacement such as suicide, depression and stress causing more months of life lost in the process.
XEm9j TIL that a reindeer's eyes change color through the seasons. They’re gold during the summer and blue in the winter.
b8BN TIL German film director, Werner Herzog, was once shot during a televised interview, but chose not to call the police because it was not a “serious bullet.”