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TIL that Earth tilted 31.5 inches due to massive groundwater pumping.

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b6YnN TIL when US President Harding died unexpectedly in 1923, Vice President Calvin Coolidge took the oath of office at 2:47 AM, and promptly returned to bed.
x64aw TIL that powered flight has independently evolved four times in history: in bats, birds, pterosaurs, and insects.
BgVrb TIL that the French stole the croissant from the Austrians.
a8xob TIL about Point Nemo, the place on Earth furthest from any and all land. When the ISS orbits overhead, the astronauts are six times closer than any other human
W79RA TIL that the first chemotherapy drugs were chemical weapons related to mustard gas. Scientists noticed that mustard gas victims had reduced blood production, and speculated that injecting the chemical intravenously might also reduce cancer cell growth.