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TIL When the Wii U failed miserably, the Nintendo CEO halved his own salary for half a year, instead of laying off his employees.

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9Bn7 TIL that one of the missions Apollo 15’s crew did in the moon was to make an experiment, using a feather and hammer, to demonstrate Galileo’s theory that all objects in a given gravity field fall at the same rate, regardless of mass.
mYJo TIL - A 767 ran out of fuel at 41,000ft and glided to a landing on a disused runway with NO loss of life
GWQG TIL Turmeric (found in curry powder) has been surprisingly effective against Alzheimer’s symptoms in multiple studies, and currently out-performs any known Alzheimer’s drug.
B6Ed TIL that the deepest hole ever drilled by humans is only about 7.5 miles deep. (The Earth is approximately 7,900 miles in diameter)
jZnR TIL The Space Shuttle never flew on new year’s day or eve because its computers couldn’t handle a year rollover.