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TIL that Sergei Krikalev, the last Soviet Cosmonaut holds the record of most time dilation experienced by a human, having gained 22.68 seconds on his journeys to space

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Mebga TIL the Milwaukee Brewers mascot, Bernie Brewer, is based on a real person. Milt Mason sat on top of the scoreboard and refused to leave until 40,000 people came to a game. He stayed there 40 days.
Y7gm7 TIL that there are nation states that are actively collecting our encrypted files and storing them to be able to decrypt them once quantum computing gets to the point to break today’s encryption known as Store Now Decrypt Later - SNDL. This scares the bejeezus out of me
G0d4 TIL that Ringo Starr sells his MS paint art for thousands of dollars
GAJR1 TIL former US president Ulysses S Grant and Mark Twain were close friends. Twain, being aware of Grant's poor financial situation post-presidency, offered him a 70% royalty for his Memoirs
ne57o TIL that the annual Exxon safety calendar featured the Exxon Valdez for the month of March in 1989. On March 24th, 1989, the Valdez ran aground - the most devastating environmental oil spill in history.