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TIL given a piece of paper large enough and of average thickness (0.1 mm), if you were able to fold it in half 42 times it would reach the moon

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1ar07 TIL when Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters broke his leg while performing, he designed a special "throne" that would allow him to play with his cast on rather than cancel their American Tour.
lrL7 TIL: Scurvy does not occur in most animals as they can make their own vitamin C. Only humans, higher primates, guinea pigs, bats, and some birds and fish lack the necessary enzyme.
ErrV TIL an iron pillar in Delhi(made of 98% wrought iron) has stood for at least 1600 years without rusting or corroding.
W70GB TIL that the song "Down Under" had a major lawsuit 3 decades after its release. Greg Ham, who played the flute riff, was accused of stealing the part from a 1935 children's rhyme song. The band lost the case, and Ham was so devastated that his drug addiction worsened, and he eventually passed away.
wgQE TIL: Georg Alexander Pick, mathematician who helped Einstein on general relativity, died in a concentration camp