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TIL in 1973 astronomers were able to chase an eclipse aboard a Concord across the Saharan desert.

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jNQNp TIL the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan shifted the main island of the country by 8 feet and the planet's axis by 4 inches
QNyV6 TIL singer-songwriter Jewel had a relationship with actor Sean Penn. He sought her out with a phone call to her father's home in Alaska after watching her television debut on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" in 1995. Jewel's father assumed it was a prank call.
YVyB TIL that adrenaline addicts in France can buy a basic kidnap package where they’re bundled away, bound and gagged, and kept incarcerated for four hours. Clients have no idea when the kidnappers will strike in order to maximize the surprise.
WkGm9 TIL that the south-asian country of Bhutan is carbon-negative, meaning it absorbs carbon dioxide and spits out oxygen.
epKBJ TIL that wiping one's nose & treating it's underlying cause of runnyness (allergy, pathogen, etc) is much more effective and safer for the nasal passages than blowing it