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TIL that Matt Stutzmann- a man without arms- holds the record in archery for the farthest accurate shot under FITA conditions. The shot is on 283.47 m (930.04 ft)!

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NrjM TIL The tallest building in the world (Burj Khalifa) was built without sewage, so all poop must be trucked out.
x6r41 TIL there are 500 times more microplastics in our ocean than stars in our galaxy.
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Mexj7 TIL that despite being considered a watershed moment in terms of computer effects in film, there are only 6 minutes of CGI dinosaur screentime "Jurassic Park", less than 5% of its runtime.