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TIL in terms of long distance running, there is no animal that can outrun a human

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E0Ao TIL The MI6 double agent Kim Philby informed his wife of his defection via a telegram from Russia which read: “Farewell forever. Love to the children.”
E9bo TIL All Ben & Jerry’s Employees get to take home 3 free pints of ice cream every single day!
poPG TIL: The US now consumes some $2 billion worth of mayonnaise each year. The ketchup market is worth less than half that—around $800 million
P96Z TIL that in 1959 a pilot ejected from his plane directly into a violent thunder cloud. The storm winds kept him aloft for 40 minutes, pelting him with hailstones and so much rain that at times he had to hold his breath to keep from drowning in mid-air.
b91pZ TIL There is a 2 foot wide panel studded with 100 mirrors on the moon, which astronomers can use to measure the distance between earth and the moon extremely accurately.