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TIL that in 60+ years of human spaceflight, only 675 people have been in space(by the USAF definition of flying at least 50 miles or 80 kilometres high)

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QgNe TIL Women can be topless in public in most states!
0wR8p TIL after noticing all of the attention the US women’s gymnastics team was getting, the US men’s gymnastics team suggested they compete shirtless to attract more viewers
epBmE TIL that the California St. Francis Dam disaster of 1928, a midnight-hour 120' wave that killed 431 sleeping people and wiped out giant sections of land more than 50 miles west to Ventura, was caused by the dam having been built on a fault zone (in addition to the dam's retention of water).
Wk6O4 TIL Howard Cossell, a well-regarded sports commentator, gave up on commentating for boxing after a referee would not call a brutally one-sided fight.
KO6BE TIL despite his immense wealth, John D. Rockefeller always took the train from his mansion to his downtown New York office every day. He was often harassed by beggars and other passengers, but refused to travel with bodyguards or use private transportation.