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TIL a female reporter attempted to recreate the famous novel "Around The World In 80 Days". Not only did she complete it with eight days to spare, she made a detour to interview Jules Verne, the original author.

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x6eX0 TIL CIA allegedly involved in Attempted assassination of Bob Marley, shot twice in 1976.
x6X6B TIL the warty comb jellyfish, also known as the sea walnut is the only creature with a disappearing butt. The anus is not visible when it is not pooping.
OG5YY TIL pistol Peter maravich, NBA player, died of heart failure at age 40 due to a congenital heart defect where he was missing his left coronary artery (the artery that supplies the heart muscle fibers with blood); his right coronary was grossly enlarged to compensate
rN1p0 TIL In 1985, James Stephen Fossett an American businessman set a world record for the longest non-stop flight in a hot air balloon, flying 3,737 miles (6,036 kilometers) from South Dakota to Texas.
GY7y7 TIL: In 1674, the Women's Petition Against Coffee was filed on the grounds that coffee made men impotent, gossipy & 'Frenchified'.