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TIL There’s a water reservoir in space that’s 100,000 times bigger than our sun with 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.

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m1N1M TIL Parachute riggers, guys who pack the parachutes in the US Air force, jump their own parachutes. At any given point, rigger can be asked to jump a parachute that they packed or any other rigger packed. And if they can't jump because of illness or injury, they can't pack.
vPljx TIL that the FBI and CIA recruit heavily from the Mormon population because they are usually cheaper to do a security clearance on, they often speak another language from their mission trips, and they usually have a low-risk lifestyle.
Y79Qd TIL that flour always needs to be cooked before being eaten (think raw cookie dough) because it can contain E. Coli and other contamination
QZYp TIL Jackie Chan is leaving his entire $130M fortune to charity upon his death. When asked about his son, Chan replied “If he is capable, he can make his own money. If he is not, then he will just be wasting my money.”
6ljl TIL that residents of the village of Shitterton in England grew so tired of people stealing a sign with the village name on it they replaced it with a 1.5 tonne block of stone with the village name inscribed upon it.