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TIL: 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY was released before we landed on the moon, and even before the first color pictures of Earth even existed.

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ep9V6 TIL that although, in 2009, Jessica Watson sailed around the planet in solo on her Pink Lady yacht, she didn't manage to do a complete circumnavigation because she was short by nearly 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km) of the full distance of 21,600 nautical miles (40,000 km)
BrBkW TIL that Gordon Ramsay had his fifth child a year ago yesterday. His oldest daughter is 21, the twins are 19, and his (formerly) youngest is 17.
OGN84 TIL that in 2012 Scottish town of Dull paired with American town of Boring. In 2013 an Australian town of Bland joined, forming a "league of extraordinary communities": Dull, Boring, and Bland.
4O6N TIL the way the French say “Go fly a kite” is “Go somewhere else and see if I’m there.”
oBVLA TIL in 1900s there was a death row inmates baseball team and their executions were dependent on their performance.