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TIL that during the Cold War, playground equipment in the US and the USSR was made with the intent of getting children to be interested in the Space Race

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lod5B TIL Owen Wilson has said "wow" in 27 different movies. Since he has appeared in 52 released films, Wilson statistically says "wow" in 51.9 percent of his movies. In these 27 movies, Wilson says "wow" a total of 81 times.
9Y78p TIL that it is a different time in different parts of america so if you travel from new york to la you have to set ur clock ahead 3 hours
mx1dE If it’s a particularly contagious virus, it would spread across the planet in a year. “If it starts in New York, it’s going to be in London certainly within a week,” says Ira Longini, a biostatistician at the University of Washington and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle who uses computer models to analyze how viruses globe-trot. “And from there, it will quickly travel to the rest of North America and Europe.” For Longini’s computer forecasts to become reality, though, certain conditions would need to be met.
E1AlP TIL of rotationplasty, a surgical procedure that attaches the foot to the upper part of the leg backwards, to remove tumors near the knee joint and help patients with mobility and prosthetics.
R4v9 TIL- There was an all black regiment in WWI that the Germans feared so much they called them the “Harlem Hellfighters”. The never lost an inch of ground and none of them was ever captured.