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TIL there are 4 "Poles of Inaccessibility" on the earth, points very difficult to reach for varying reasons (water, ice, mountains, etc.) Point Nemo is the most famous in the Pacific Ocean, where one is closer to space than to land.

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6Eymm TIL the origin of the expression "The whole 9 yards" is unknown. It may have referred to: the length of pieces of fabric/garments, WWII aircraft machine gun belts, Football, OR ritual disembowelment
4XEnR TIL when the structural engineer of the World Trade Center was showing the building to some of his colleagues they criticized the strength and durability of the windows he had chosen. He then ran towards a window and bounced right off, demonstrating the faith he had in his choice.
vay4 TIL Watermelons originated in a desert.
AD8A7 TIL There are more multi-cellular zooplankton per square kilometer in the Chukchi Sea than there are stars in the Milky Way and collectively there are plankton than there are galaxies in the observable universe.
grjRD TIL that Kudzu otherwise known as Japanese Arrowroot is actually edible. It is also used medicinally in Eastern countries. (PSA, do not eat wild Kudzu especially in the south in South America as it has a chance to have been treated with pesticides, only consume it if you grew it yourself)