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Today I learned that Scots and Inuit made contact

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1XBd TIL … Svalbard is the northernmost settlement in the world with a permanent civilian population. Also, it is not part of any Norwegian county.
5VkB TIL that when the Apollo team jettisoned their lunar module, the collision caused “the entire Moon [to ring] like a gong, vibrating and resonating for almost an hour after the impact.”
KM7J TIL after Merriam-Webster added “McJob"–defined: a low-paying job that requires little skill and provides little opportunity for advancement–to their dictionary, McDonald’s asked for it to be removed. They responded with "we stand by the accuracy and appropriateness of our definition.”
BPje TIL that it was an Oracle Sales Rep who stormed the cockpit of flight 93 with his last words “Let’s Roll”
8QaX TIL; That Roald Dahl the author of kid’s stories wrote the screenplay for the Bond movie “You only live twice”