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TIL Scientists made a tractor beam

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QJaQa TIL the gold medalist in the 2016 Olympics in the women's 1500 meters ran the race in 4:08 minutes. This is a time that a good male track athlete can run in high school.
axJA TIL that at one point, Blockbuster was growing so fast that it was opening a new store every 17 hours
dNOE TIL that before the Columbian Exchange, there were no oranges in Florida, no bananas in Ecuador, no potatoes in Ireland, no coffee in Colombia, no pineapples in Hawaii, no rubber trees in Africa, no chili peppers in Thailand, no tomatoes in Italy, and no chocolate in Switzerland.
rZXo TIL that after its initial 90-day mission, the Opportunity Mars rover has been active on Mars for 13 years today.
Bgb4y TIL that the Talking Heads' lead singer David Byrne has given an explanation for the big suit famously seen in the concert film "Stop Making Sense"; it was to make his head look smaller.