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TIL flying has become so reliable that you could fly every day for an average of 123,000 years before being in a fatal crash.

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Yo67 TIL Keurig pod inventor regrets having invented it and doesn’t own one.
070N TIL that a NASA intern stole lunar samples from the Apollo mission, arranged them on his bed and literally had “sex on the moon” with his girlfriend.
jN1ln TIL that Wayne Allwine, the voice actor who played Mickey Mouse for 32 years, got married to Russi Taylor who voiced Minnie Mouse. They remained married for 18 years and continued voicing their iconic characters until Allwine passed away in 2009.
o6rE TIL that gazelles can outrun a cheetah because they cool blood before it gets to the brain, while cheetahs lack this and risk overheating if they run too long.
jNVka TIL scientists discovered a perfectly preserved feathered dinosaur tail in a polished piece of Amber, after the jewellery seller initially thought it was just "plant material"