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TIL that when ships pass through Point Nemo in the southern Pacific Ocean, the closest other humans are in the International Space Station 400km up.

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JAZB TIL that the famous melody of the song “Lowrider” is actually a saxaphone and harmonica playing together.
mxyay TIL the word "America" is a latinized version of Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian explorer who voyaged to the "new world" and published two popular booklets in Europe about the new continent. This inspired cartographer Martin Waldseemüller to label the new land after him on his maps, creating the trend.
e0vED TIL that Ian Fleming invented James Bond’s signature Vodka Martini purely to create “an illusion of depth”, and hated the drink when he tried making it a few months later
Ypkyd TIL an elephant destroyed a house in a remote village in Bengal and then turned to head back into the forest when a baby trapped under the rubble began crying. The elephant turned back and gently removed every last bit of debris covering the baby with their trunk.
dvZZ TIL: Gobekli Tepe archaeological site is older than Pyramids, and even older than Stonehenge, writing, agriculture, discovery of wheel. Also oldest religious place ever discovered.