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TIL In Saudi Arabia women are allowed to fly aircraft, though they must be chauffeured to the airport because it’s illegal for them to drive a car.

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YperP TIL that astronauts in orbit are not weightless because they escaped the Earth's gravity, but because they are in free-fall. The ISS at 400KM altitude still experiences around 90% of the Earth's gravity.
En5w TIL that in the first Pokémon games you were supposed to fight Professor Oak at some point, but the fight was removed from the final game.
nxWG TIL that if you plant an apple seed, the resulting tree will not produce the same kinds of apples. In fact, they will taste significantly different and may be unsuitable for human consumption.
0w89R TIL of Tim Johnson, a Congressman who called at least 100 of his constituents per day, every day throughout his 12 years in office.
J7Nv TIL In 1946 Orson Welles declined FDR’s suggestion to run for Democratic Senator for his home state of Wisconsin. The seat was won by Joseph McCarthy. Later Welles said “I didn’t believe the American people would ever vote for a divorced Hollywood actor.”