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TIL The International Space Station is 357 feet end-to-end? That’s almost the same length as a football field, including both end zones.

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N6jE TIL on February 11, 1992, a man who was likely innocent of a crime for which he was about to be put to death uttered these last words: “I’d like to thank my family for loving me and taking care of me. And the rest of the world can kiss my everloving ass, because I’m innocent.”
RR88 TIL Sony once sued itself; RIAA(partially controlled by Sony Music) sued Launch.com(owned by Sony’s Tech & Business unit), meaning that the Music Dept. somehow sued it’s Tech Dept.
8aMLG TIL Our solar system is closer to the center of the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy than it is to the center of the Milky Way.
1GWO TIL Bad boy George Bernard Shaw titled one of his plays Closed for Remodeling causing theater owners to shake their heads at the sparse crowds.
kd67 TIL that Michael Jacksons signature “anti-gravity lean” was made possible by special boots that hooked to the stage. Boots which he helped design and patent.