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TIL Man Sues NASA For Landing On His Asteroid

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NXAA8 TIL: Terry Fox ran the equivalent of 128 marathons in 143 days in an attempt to run across Canada to raise funds for cancer research, all despite having lost a leg to cancer. His Marathon of Hope led to the annual Terry Fox Run, which continues to support cancer research globally. 🇨🇦🏃‍♂️
W7dwd TIL: Economist Michael Housman used to data from 30,000 employees to find correlations between their preferred browser and job performance. Employees who used Firefox/Chrome stay 15% longer and were 19% less likely to miss work and had happier customers than employees who used IE or Safari.
vPYrD TIL that the tab on your rear view mirror can be flipped for night time driving.
ngEW TIL Sir Anthony Hopkins is renowned for his ability to memorize lines. He did the 7 page Amistad courtroom speech in one take and usually has his co-actors practice with stand in’s then comes and does it in one take when they are fully ready.
aw6dy TIL that there are fewer people living in New York, Rome, Paris and Barcelona combined than the Chinese city Tianjin