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TIL You could fit all the planets of the Solar System between the Earth and the Moon

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Brleb TIL America's oldest, unbroken treaty relationship is with Morocco, which was the first nation to recognize the US. The treaty was signed by Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Sultan Muhammad III. It has lasted 232 years and is called the "Treaty of Friendship".
xVBYD TIL: Dr. Robert Lustig argues that the current obesity epidemic can be blamed on a marked increase in the consumption of a type of sugar called fructose over the last 30 years. Fructose as become ubiquitous in soft drinks and many processed foods.
Z8wmp TIL that in light of the violence caused by kids trying to obtain limited Jordan’s, Hakeem Olajuwon released a cheap, $15 shoe and try and end the appeal of expensive shoe wear, stating: “How can a poor working mother with three boys buy Nikes or Reeboks that cost $120?”
ep7nk TIL about the remarkable life of journalist Martha Gellhorn. She reported from 100’s of war zones and was the only woman to land at Normandy on June 6, 1944 where she interviewed the wounded and dying. Her famous husband accused her of loving war more than their bed.
QvL TIL that there’s a United States flag of peacetime. It’s striped vertically instead of horizontally.