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TIL the farthest distance into space humans have traveled was reached during the Apollo 13 emergency.

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JY8KQ TIL Patrick Reynolds, grandson of tobacco’s RJ Reynolds, is an anti-smoking advocate, operates an anti-smoking organization, and tours the world speaking out against smoking
R899 TIL that the shooter in the infamous Vietcong execution photo opened a pizzeria in suburban Virginia after the Vietnam War.
neAeb TIL One study found that job seekers are more likely to be hired if they wear glasses to their interview. Several studies have shown that people who wear glasses are typically perceived as more intelligent, more competent, and more industrious than those without spectacles
D11Op “At any given moment, there are 1,800 thunderstorms happening somewhere on Earth. This amounts to 16 million storms each year! We know the cloud conditions that produce lightning, but we cannot forecast the location or time of a lightning strike.”
X0bPE TIL there was a Subway restaurant at the top of the One World Trade Centre construction site, when workers finished a floor, it'd be raised to the next one!