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TIL that the longest time someone has ever spent consecutively under a solar eclipse is 74 minutes. It happened in 1973 when a modified Concorde Jet followed the path of totality at Mach 2 for scientific research

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D1bKp TIL that in the past, Harry Belafonte had been barred from the door of the world famous nightclub the Copacabana because of his color, and then later he’d be headlining the joint.
VdYZ TIL that homework was a discouraged practice until the 1950s to stay ahead in the Cold War
OG7eX TIL there’s a “bridge generation” between Generation X and Millennials called Xennials (born 1977-1983). This generation had an analog childhood and a digital adulthood.
OvZe TIL that some languages don’t have the relative directions right/left. They instead use cardinal directions, for example: “It’s on the southern edge of the table.”
QJe1a TIL In the Philippines, cutting plants of scenic value on public grounds is punishable by an imprisonment of 6 months, 1 day as minimum to 8 years as maximum.