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TIL that Israel is the smallest country with indigenous launch capabilities.

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Lk1GP TIL that in 1999 Sergio Motsoeneng finished in the top 10 in famous Comrades Ultra-marathon by exchanging places with virtually identical brother Fika at toilet stops. Brothers were caught after a newspaper published photos showing them wearing watches on opposite wrists.
awEGM TIL the character of Wilson in Home Improvement (1991) was based on Time Allen's childhood memories of being too short to look over his fence to see his neighbors.
j6MME TIL that a district in India’s Punjab state requires prospective gun owners to plant 10 trees and take pictures with them as proof
nWvmW TIL Velcro is actually called hook and loop. Velcro is a name brand, like Kleenex.
6EDB8 TIL that the assertion that the human body completely replaces itself (cellular renewal) in 7-10 years, is a myth. I.e neurons in the cerebral cortex not only last your entire lifetime, they are never replaced.