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TIL 80% of Japan is considered uninhabitable

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m1Lwo TIL The world record for the fastest flight speed of a manned airplane was set in 1967 when The North American X-15 reached a top speed of Mach 6.72 (4,520 mph or 7,274 km/h).
N4mb TIL that the very first phone number of the White House was “1”.
J5l4 TIL there’s a genetic disease that causes people to stop sleeping and eventually die
e0506 TIL the American flag was designed by a High School Student. Happy Independence Day!
oB0W8 TIL about Edith Sampson, who in 1950 became the first African-American to represent the U.S. at the United Nations. She later became the first Black U.S. representative to NATO and became the first Black woman to be elected judge in the state of Illinois.