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TIL more people have been to space than have ridden in a B-2 stealth bomber.

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m1kQM TIL that cardiovascular disease is strongly correlated with a specific kind of earlobe crease. This crease, between the tragus and outer edge of the earlobe, is called the "Frank Sign"
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