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TIL the Golden Gate Bridge isn’t named for its own coloring but rather for the mouth of the San Francisco Bay, which was named so even before the California gold rush.

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JeJ8 TIL that the crew compartment of the Challenger space shuttle disaster survived the mid-air explosion, and ascended another 17,000ft on its own momentum before free-falling into the ocean. The impact with the water is what is believed to have killed the crew.
epOY6 TIL Record for worst time in Olympic marathon event is 54 years 8 months 6 days 5 hours 32 minutes and 20.3 seconds, held by Shizo Kanakuri
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