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TIL that all meat in a Subway’s Cold Cut Combo sandwich (ham, salami and bologna) is actually made from turkey…

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VBdbD TIL Dr. Howard Tucker is the world's oldest practicing doctor at 102 with 77 years of practice. He also passed the bar examine at 67. He is a neurologist and works as an expert witness in medical related legal cases.
W7LX9 TIL (from u/farminghills) that you can find all the images taken from the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions, sorted by camera
awplo TIL the first lane marking in California was painted in 1917 by June McCarroll after she was run off the road by a truck. When the County Board ignored her idea of using a white line, she took it upon herself to paint a white line down the middle of the road to prevent similar accidents.
WkAlX TIL the "fly" in a pair of trousers refers to the flap of clothing covering the opening, and not the zipper itself. For tailors, a fly is any flap of clothing that covers an opening in a garment.
jNyWX TIL that the first generations of spy satellites, "Corona" and "Zenith", took photographs, then ejected canisters of photographic film which would descend back down into Earth's atmosphere. Corona capsules were retrieved in mid-air as they floated down on parachutes.