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TIL that veteran astronaut John Young's heart rate when launching on top of the Saturn V was only 70 bpm, the normal resting heart rate; meanwhile, his rookie crewmate's heart rate was 144 bpm, more than double. Young later said his heart "was too old for it to go any faster".

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lgBA TIL that a loan of £1000 at the rate of 6% p.a. was given by a UK school to the city of St Albans in 1722. St. Albans City council, despite acknowledging the loan, has not made any repayments on it. As of 2012, the debt stands at £21,800,000,000 (21.8 billion GPB).
Wk158 TIL Charles Dickens wrote the popular Christmas classic, "A Christmas Carol," in six weeks. Dickens was a passionate advocate of the poor and defenseless who experienced his own hardship, at twelve, when his parents and younger brothers were put in debtors’ jail and he had to work off their debts.
EZlV TIL: Kate Upton doesn’t have to model for money, she’s rich! Great Grandfather was co-founder of Whirlpool.
PYnjV TIL that when Charles II escaped from England, he saw some local villagers celebrating his death, mistakenly believing that he had died in another town.
lp4N TIL that South Korea has one of the highest suicide rates in the world, and the suicide peak is reached everytime a celebrity commits suicide.