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TIL MLB Legend Ted Williams was “frozen cryonically” after his death in a process called neuropreservation

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6v8J TIL: The sun and moon appear to be the same size because of an astonishing coincidence: the moon is 400 times smaller but 400 times closer.
NaP1 TIL the first African American to hold an international pilot license was Bessie Coleman, a woman who had to learn to fly in France when no one would agree to train her in the US because of her gender and race. She was licensed two years before Amelia Earhart was.
grxA9 TIL Eminem got his name from his initials… Marshall Mathers (M&M)
JYnxj TIL Cars Fueled by Compressed Air Have Been in Development in France for Years and are Scheduled for Industrial Production in India in 2020
e0OB4 TIL the British used to call mainland Europe "The Continent." As more continental European tourists travel to England and the Americas, they push for a breakfast of pastry, fruit, and coffee they normally eat. That is why hotels serve a "Continental Breakfast." Also because it's cheap.