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TIL that in 1783, two French scientists became the first humans to ascend nearly 10,000 feet using a hydrogen balloon over Paris just 10 days after the first ever manned balloon flight.

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JYw8m TIL The name for the show "Black Mirror" was created after the shows creator (Charlie Brooker) noticed how being able to see your own reflection in turned off technology (iPads, televison, cell phones, etc) is essentially a "black mirror".
YlWv TIL that penguins can get depression and are committing suicide by wandering into the dangerous Antarctic mountains - and almost nobody knows why
8aPVK TIL Ving Rhames (Pulp Fiction, Mission: Impossible) is the voice in the Arby's commercials ("Arby's! We have the meats!")
rB41 TIL that the Museum of Communism in the Czech Republic is located above a McDonald’s
9wb8M TIL that the oldest edible honey was found in a tomb in the country of Georgia, in 2003 while excavating for an oil pipeline. Originally sealed in 3500BC, the honey is 5,500 years old and may also have had medicinal value. Georgia may also have housed the first winemakers.