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TIL that after their only son died at the age of 15, Leland Stanford founded Stanford University and told his wife that “the children of California shall be our children.”

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wLRrE TIL Dave Thomas, the founder of Wendy's, was adopted when he was just 6 weeks old. His adoptive mother died when he was 5, and he was abused by his adoptive father. Hoping he could find better matches for other children in the future, he founded the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption in 1992.
778r TIL China & Nepal disagreed over the height of Mount Everest. Nepal wanted to include the height of the snow on the summit, and China only wanted to state the height of the rock. They argued for 5 years. It was a 4m difference.
4X9oX TIL I learnt that there is only a film of Queen Victoria. Filmed during Her Last visit to Ireland. The only "Victorian" film.(1900). Now upscaled to [4K, 50 fps]
grApL TIL it's okay to look directly at the total solar eclipse
nWBDB TIL Light travels at a constant speed of 1,079,252,848.8 (1.07 billion) km per hour. That works out to 299,792,458 m/s, or about 670,616,629 mph (miles per hour)