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TIL in 1986, before fitness tracking was popular, Puma released a fitness tracking sneaker called the RS-Computer Shoe. It came with a disk, cable, a 46 page instruction manual, and cost $200. It did not sell well and people asked questions such as "Why would you want to know how far you run?"

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X0DJE TIL that the Shire breed of horse was first developed as the "Great Horse" during the reign of King Henry VIII of England. Acts were passed in 1535 and 1541 forbidding the use for breeding of horses under 15 hands (60" at the shoulder) in height, also prohibiting all exportation, even into Scotland.
w471 TIL that there exists areas where self-sustaining nuclear fission has occurred naturally, essentially a natural “nuclear reactor”
kJ4RE TIL Four NASA interns stole $20 million in moon rocks in order to sell them for profit. Two of said interns reportedly crushed up sample and placed them under a pillow on order to “have sex on the Moon”
mx6aO TIL In 2009 while filming BTS footage for Parks and Rec, Chris Pratt made an improvised joke about receiving a text Steven Spielberg and getting back to him about "Jurassic Park 4". 4 Years later he got the starring role.
yE0w TIL of the cockpit voice recorder of China Northern Airlines Flight 6901 captured the sound of the ground-proximity warning system giving instructions in English and of the crew discussing in Chinese the possible meaning of the English phrase “pull up”