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TIL George Clooney’s Satellites have Captured Piles of Bodies and Mass Graves in Sudan

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R7yrw TIL Someone named TCP options types 16 and 17 “Skeeter” and “Bubba.” Apparently only the author knows why.
ZBAG TIL only 66 years passed between when the Wright Brothers made their famous flight and when Apollo 11 landed on the moon
rRgDo TIL The 1964 on-track death of a NASCAR alum named Glenn "Fireball" Roberts, of a crash resulting in fire explosion burns, directly led to Simpson creating the fire protection suit, saving the lives of many future drivers.
bLeE TIL That statistically, Japanese people are 72 times more likely to kill themselves than to be killed by someone else.
AN0Zg TIL the chain locker on a ship is one of the most dangerous rooms for a person. The oxidizing metal can drop oxygen to lower than 6%. Normal air contains 21% oxygen