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TIL playing just one day in the MLB gives players lifetime healthcare coverage while 43 days secures them an annual $34,000 pension.

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WV08 TIL the zero-gravity scenes in Apollo 13 are actually real. The crew filmed 4 hours of material in 612 parabola flights.
gMlV4 TIL that Johnny Cash reignited his career in the 90’s due to his fondness (and rift it caused with his older, evangelical audience at the time) of a late 80’s British tribute album of his songs made by Indie/Punk musicians to raise money for AIDS awareness
9977 TIL that Roald Dahl changed the Oompa-Loompas from black-skinned pygmies to dwarves with “rosy-white” skin after allegations of racism.
WEpN TIL If we extract all the gold out of the ocean, there would be enough for everyone to have 9 pounds of gold
7rx6P TIL foxes utilize the earth's magnetic field as a targeting system to find prey