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TIL Astronaut John Glenn and his wife have been married for 72 years. They are 94 and 95 respectively.

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KYGDG TIL a man survived two separate bear attacks in one day, After the first attack, where he was bitten on the head and arms, he played dead to make the bear lose interest. Despite the ordeal, he walked three miles to his truck, only to be attacked again by the same bear and miraculously survived.
N7yxN TIL of the Axial Age is era between 8th to the 3rd century BCE when many great sages appeared, including the Buddha, Socrates, Confucius, Jeremiah and the mystics of the Upanishads. It's been described by as 'a deep breath, a pause for liberty between the age of empires' where a new humanity began.
YpbBP TIL blanching dehydrates food. I always assumed boiling food in water would increase moisture levels.
D1Q9J TIL that Bayern have only lost one of their last 34 home matches against Frankfurt, and that was back in November 2000 .
RLYl TIL the Scottish town of Dull has formed a “trinity of tedium” with the towns of Boring (USA) and Bland (Australia)