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TIL that the English counties of Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire share a border that is approximately 20 yards in length. It is the shortest county border in England.

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abp9 TIL that the average age of the NASA engineers who put humans on the Moon was 28 years old. This means many of them were teenagers when Kennedy challenged America to go to the Moon.
vP86r TIL if a cat has more than two colors it's a female.
lWWr TIL that NASA wanted to send Caroll Spinney, the actor who plays Big Bird to space via the ill-fated Challenger Space Shuttle in 1986 to interest children in space. However, the Big Bird suit was too big for the shuttle, so he was replaced by teacher Christa McAuliffe.
OGJog TIL that Sir Patrick Stewart, of Star Trek fame, was accidentally cast in Dune (1984). Director David Lynch had wanted a different actor named Patrick Stewart, and had no idea who Sir Patrick was when he arrived on set to play Gurney Halleck.
MeyB7 TIL that Circus Peanuts were invented by a guy after he installed insulation in his livestock barn. He found the texture so pleasing, he wanted to eat it. Rather than stick it in his mouth like a Tide Pod, he made a snack that mimicked how it felt.