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TIL Muslims do not “struggle” to pray in space, and Islamic scholars have convened on the topic twice and published their scholarly opinions in “Muslim Obligations in the International Space Station”

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kOKjm TIL That Jane Snowball, a 72 year old British grandmother became the first online shopper in the world in 1982 by using her television to order groceries from her local supermarket.
e9Ok TIL that the very first episode of Cops starts off with an El Camino that has a homemade cardboard box stuffed with police officers.
l7RRG TIL: How Much Guardians of the Galaxy Actors Got Paid For Their MCU Movies. VIN DIESEL alone was paid between 13 to 15 million dollars just to say, "I am Groot."
WAZo TIL that the Apollo 15 astronauts left a 3 inch “fallen astronaut” statuette on the surface of the moon in 1971 to commemorate all the men and women who died in pursuit of space travel
XQpD TIL a 45 year-old Canadian spent 11 years walking around the world. He traveled over 75,000 km and burned through 54 pairs of shoes.