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TIL We broke the sound barrier before a man summited Mt. Everest. That's a speed exceeding 662 mph, at an altitude of 43,000 feet, in a ROCKET PLANE, four years before a man could climb to 29,029 feet, with the help of a Nepalese sherpa on his 39th birthday.

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w0yY TIL Disney execs were at first confused by Depp’s portrayal of Jack Sparrow. The CEO Michael Eisner stated “He’s ruining the film!” Depp’s response was “Look, these are the choices I made. You know my work. So either trust me or give me the boot.” His performance went on to be universally praised.
5V7dB TIL: In the 1860s, Napoleon III subsidized the development of an early version of the fax machine. The pantelegraph could transmit a small piece of paper with 25 words in 108 seconds and was often used to verify signatures in banking transactions.
1GKW TIL John DiMaggio, mostly famous for being the voice behind Futurama’s Bender, is also the voice of Jake the Dog from Adventure Time, Four Arms from Ben 10, Schnitzel from Chowder, Marcus Fenix from Gears of War, Brutes from the Halo Series and the list goes on.
xgDk TIL A Hungarian man was shot in the frontal lobe during World War I, making it impossible for him to fall asleep. He continued to live a full, sleepless life.
7ryy7 TIL Somali Museum of Minnesota may now be the only museum in the world dedicated to preserving Somali culture and traditions. Boqor Burhaan, a regional king from Puntland, Somalia, held a reception at the Somali Museum as part of a visit to the Somali community in Minnesota