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TIL The gaming industry is bigger than both movies and music combined

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WkZd TIL if you could drive a car straight upwards at 60mph, you could reach space in about an hour, and the moon in about 6 months.
R59kj TIL: Indira Gandhi, third Prime Minister of India who ran the country for fifteen years was no relation to the famous Mohandis Gandhi. Her father J.Nehru was the first PM of India, and a political rival of Mohandis. Indira's last name came from her husband, who died before she claimed power.
j7en TIL Hiroshima is one of the only places outside of the United States to observe Martin Luther King Day because he wrote a letter to Japan weeks before his death, requesting to visit the county and spread his message of peace.
KOMLR TIL after losing automatic control of his Mercury capsule, astronaut Gordon Cooper was forced to use his knowledge of constellations, wristwatch, and his eyeballs to manually land his spacecraft. He ended up splashing just 4 miles from his recovery ship, the most accurate landing up to that point.
KOlvw TIL Guns N' Roses lead guitarist Slash once walked in on his mom naked in bed with David Bowie