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TIL there’s an optical illusion that can distort your vision for months, changing the way you perceive colour.

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eX6n TIL of Vitaly Kaloyev, a Russian man who lost his family in a 2002 airliner collision. 2 years later Vitaly tracked down the air traffic controller responsible for the crash, murdered him in front of his family, served 3 years in prison, and then returned home to a hero’s welcome.
Vm74 TIL when Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon, he carried with him a piece from the Wright brothers’ first airplane
v1Zar TIL space is really really empty. If you add up the diameters of all the other planets + Pluto in our solar system ( 382,367km they )fit in the gap between the earth and the moon (384,400km)
XEdor TIL Leonard Nimoy came up with the Vulcan neck pinch because he was tired of fight scenes and the Vulcan salute he created from his Jewish background.
d8DXB TIL that the corporate jet version of the Airbus A350 has such a long range, that it could fly between any two points on earth without refueling, due to its 20,000km range (12,430 miles).