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TIL that the ISS or the International Space Station at an average altitude of 400 kilometers/248 miles above Earth and circle the globe every 90 minutes at a speed of about 17,500 mph or 28,000 km/h.

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LQlXp TIL since 2007 Coca Cola has caused 14 deaths PER DAY
4Xb0b TIL that in 1942 German prisoners in the island of Nias established a short lived Nazi state.
xV14b TIL While dining with the Saudi King, Chruchill was told he could neither smoke nor drink, for religious reasons. He replied that, “My religion prescribed as an absolute sacred ritual smoking cigars and drinking alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and the intervals between them.”
d8Qn8 TIL that Linus Torvalds, the creator and principal developer of Linux, first met his wife Tove while running introductory computer laboratory exercises for students in 1993. He instructed the course attendees to send him an e-mail as a test, to which Tove responded with an e-mail asking for a date
awZDL TIL Len Bias died from cocaine in his Univ. of Maryland dorm 2 days after being drafted 2nd overall by the Celtics in 1986. It led to the Len Bias Law mandating a 20-year to life prison sentence for anyone convicted in the chain of drug distribution that has led to a death or serious physical injury