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YperP TIL that astronauts in orbit are not weightless because they escaped the Earth's gravity, but because they are in free-fall. The ISS at 400KM altitude still experiences around 90% of the Earth's gravity.
PKmL TIL 4.6% (~ 1 out of 22) of New York City residents are millionaires.
rNGB4 TIL Human feet are being found on the beach in the Pacific North West of the United States. So far there have been 20 random feet in the past couple of decades.
0YW1 TIL a couple people in Bath, UK opened a very short toll road connecting Bath and Bristol around a year ago. The toll road, which did not get a permit to be built, bypassed a short section of a main road that had a 14 mile long detour. They built the road in only 10 days.
Wl9o TIL the “LG” in ‘LG Electronics’ actually stands for 'Lucky Goldstar’ rather than 'Life’s Good’