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TIL baseball legend Ted Williams was wingman for astronaut legend John Glenn in the Korean War

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X6JR TIL that snub-nosed dog breeds continually struggle to breathe because of their deformity
jV4v TIL Microsoft receives up to $8 per Android device sold in royalties ≈ $3.4 billion in 2013
PPaZ TIL Australia has claimed the largest territory of Antarctica
ZpA6R TIL that the 46th ranked women's single table tennis player in the entire world (and also part of the 10th ranked women's doubles team in the world) recently celebrated her 60th birthday (yes SIXTY).
4DJo TIL Bowhead whales may be the world’s longest lived mammal. In 2007, a 15m (49ft) specimen was discovered with the head of a harpoon embedded in its neck. The 3.5-inch (89 mm) projectile was manufactured in New Bedford, Massachusetts around 1890, suggesting the animal survived a hunt a century ago.