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TIL about Point Nemo, the place on Earth furthest from any and all land. When the ISS orbits overhead, the astronauts are six times closer than any other human

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Nj06 TIL Aziz Ansari started a group called “The Food Club”, that visits restaurants dressed in suits and captains hats, and if they like the food, they leave a plaque which states “The Food Club has dined here and deemed it plaque-worthy.”
gADb TIL NFL cheerleaders would earn more money serving beer at concessions stands
XjQr TIL Goats are immune to poison oak/ivy and are used to control the growth of the toxic plants by grazing. Even better, the toxicants don’t pass through their milk.
Oyla TIL: McDonalds sells ~100 million burgers every 2 weeks and consumes ~1 billion pounds of beef annually (5.5 million head of cattle)
GY56j TIL a Disneyland guest attempted to pull the entire "Excalibur" sword from the stone (displayed in front of the "King Arthur Carousel") when his friend said he'd win a prize if he pulled it out. The man succeeded in breaking off the top portion of the sword.