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TIL At their closest point, Russia and the U.S. are only 2.5 miles apart.

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R7Eyw TIL in 1879 it was estimated the Oxford English Dictionary to take 10 years for completion, but in five years they'd only reached the word "Ant". After crowdsourcing readers to help it was completed 44 years later. The publishers now estimate it would take a single person 120 years to just type it.
WkQO9 TIL when Jimi Hendrix's mother died, his father refused to go to the funeral with his sons. Instead he gave them shots of whisky and told them that was how men should deal with loss.
a8x5y Today I learned that the State University of Arizona conducted a study based on the Ministry of Silly Walks Monty Python sketch, and found that "Had an initiative to promote inefficient movement been adopted in the early 1970s, we might now be living among a healthier society"
b6LPZ TIL about a free AI app that’s making life easier for Alzheimer’s caregivers.
VMAZm TIL the casting director for "Parks and Recreation" called Michael Schur and said, "I just met the weirdest girl I’ve ever met in my life." He met with her and she made him feel very uncomfortable for about an hour. Aubrey Plaza was cast as April.