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TIL Juvena Huang, a 20 something girl, rode from Singapore to Czech republic on her Vespa Scooter covering 44,000km, 25 countries in 27 months. She took this journey in memory of a friend who had inspired her to ride bikes and had later passed away. Truly an inspirational story.

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Z86mp TIL according to a study, researchers found the "honeymoon phase" of marriage wears off after 30 months. An initially high level of marital satisfaction steadily decreases after that period of time for most couples.
XEkjX TIL: Leonard Jerome (Winston Churchill's grandfather) defended The NY Times with a gatling gun during the New York Draft Riots.
awm6y TIL eminem would let his daughter hailey listen to his music when she was little, but if he felt the song had too much swearing in it he would make her a clean version so she could listen to that on her walkman instead... what an og, great dad vibes...
e0Vob TIL when the Friend's episode "The One with the Lesbian Wedding" first aired, NBC was expecting their phone lines to be flooded with angry calls. They only received four phone complaints.
rRlJo TIL A diamond will shatter if hit with an ordinary hammer. It is hard (does not scratch) but is not tough (resistant to fracture)