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TIL that Bumblebees Can Fly Higher Than Mount Everest

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brEZ TIL: This guy (Jason Lewis) became the 1st person to circumnavigate the Earth without using motors or sails. He walked, cycled, & inline skated 5 continents, & kayaked, swam, rowed, & pedalled a boat across the rivers, seas, and oceans. It took him 13 years to complete, the 46,505-mile journey.
7r7VP TIL Parks & Rec was originally planned to take place in the same world as The Office (US). The plan was that the copier machine at Dunder-Mifflin would break down, be recalled by the manufacturer, and then be fixed and shipped out to Pawnee, Indiana, where the show would pick up.
XExw6 TIL That after Kennedy used the first televised debate to boost his image, no sitting president agreed to hold a debate for 16 years
8an6V TIL the concept for having a “credit score” to judge if you could receive a loan didn’t exist until 1989
LQLD0 TIL: In 2005, Leonard DiCaprio bought a private island off the coast of Belize with plans to build an eco-resort. In 2024, construction still has not begun.