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TIL, the average thru hiker on the Appalachian Trail spends $10,000 during their 5 month hike

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9ObX TIL There is a Swiss Political Party called the Anti-PowerPoint Party who solely advocates for the ban of Microsoft PowerPoint.
Y5aP TIL: In 1849, a woman named Mrs. Charlotte M. Winslow concocted a pain reliever for teething children called Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, which contained morphine sulphate, sodium carbonate, spirits foeniculiand, and aqua ammonia. Shockingly, the syrup remained in the market until 1930.
wolN7 TIL In a dark location, many galaxies beyond the Milky Way can be seen through a telescope with aperture of 3.1 inches. But from a suburban backyard, the telescope needs to be 6 to 8 inches to view these same galaxies
VBnoB TIL that pilots can clearly see the curvature of the earth, especially those flying at higher altitudes
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