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TIL that since, conveniently, the landing area for ski jumping happens to be around the same dimensions as a football pitch, local officials developing stadiums for the 2018 Olympics in South Korea built a stadium that can be used for both

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VBoB0 TIL That 1 in 10 students are victims of unwanted sexual advances from educators
KY9PE TIL the most expensive single scene shot on the entire run of The Office was Jim & Pam's proposal scene which cost $250,000 and lasted 52 seconds. The gas station set was built in about nine days in a parking lot. It had a four lane racetrack around it with 35 precision drivers on it.
9wwgB TIL about the Genetic Isopoint - anyone alive at the genetic isopoint (or before) is either the ancestor of everyone alive today or no one alive today. And you can assume today will be a genetic isopoint for sometime in the distant future.
NO41 TIL that all US astronauts are required to learn Russian as part of their extensive training, and have to be able to run the ISS using Russian-language training manuals if necessary.
6ddQ TIL civil rights activist Wade Watts was surrounded by Klansmen at a restaurant who told him “Anything you do to that chicken we’re gonna do to you”. So he kissed it.