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TIL a woman spent two years in her boyfriend’s bathroom

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4kVMo TIL U.S. Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound, at the controls of his rocket-powered Bell X-1, named “Glamorous Glennus” for his wife, breaks the sound barrier. Yeager achieves a top speed of Mach 1.07 before descending safely.
yQ9VV TIL that the 2016 Rio Olympics were a huge financial disaster for Brazil. A $12bn price tag for the venues without any real plan on how to continue has left facilities,used by legendary athletes just years ago, in disrepair. The aquatic center pictured is now drained and filled with dirty puddles
neRwY TIL JFK asked his mother not to contact heads of state without asking first after she asked Nikita Khrushchev to send her his autograph
lo0X7 TIL Sweden is the only country surveyed where men shower more often than women. A 2008 survey found that overall, women showered more often than men. Sweden was found to be the only country where men out-showered women.
mWZv TIL a man commited suicide to prove that there is life after death. He arranged to have a spiritualist hear his voice from the other side. She never heard from him again.