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TIL that Europeans arrived in the Americas before arriving in Japan

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OmGX TIL on Jose Fernandez’s 4th attempt to defect from Cuba to the US, a person fell overboard. Jose jumped into the waters and saved the person. He recalled, “I don’t remember much, just diving in the water and swimming towards this woman. As I was getting close, I could see it was my mother”
KO88G Today i learned one of the largest organisms on earth is a group of trees in Pando, Utah. It covers 107 acres and has 47,000 distinct trees that share the same root system.
5KGB TIL The military spends more money on air conditioning than NASA’s entire budget
b6mRE TIL, there was a suggestion to resettle displaced Palestinians in Chile and Argentina.
P1NBE TIL the first take of the London Symphony Orchestra recording John Williams's "Superman" theme was ruined by director Richard Donner running out of the control room and onto the studio floor screaming, "Bravo! Genius!" because he "heard" the theme "saying Superman's name": "SU-PER-MAAAAAN".