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TIL Technically, you are never really "touching" anything because almost everything repel each other. When you are sitting in a chair, you are actually hovering above it at an unbelievably small distance.

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eQ6L TIL that in 1938, 18-year-old Korean Yang Kyoungjong was conscripted by Japan to fight against the USSR. In 1939 he was captured by the Soviets and sent to fight against the Germans. He was then captured by the Nazis and sent to fight on D-Day only to be captured by the Americans.
aXNJ TIL That to date, 52 out of the 77 restaurants featured on Gordon Ramsay’s ‘Kitchen Nightmares’ have closed, many before the episodes they were on even aired. One owner even committed suicide due to his failing business.
kJenB TIL Lexi Alexander based Punisher: War Zone's limited colour palate on the box of comics Marvel sent her when she signed on to direct the film. It was only later that she discovered that she'd been sent cheap, three-colour copies of the original comics to save money.
XEEYX TIL that "The Woodwright's Shop," a classic public television carpentry series, is still being filmed today and is in it's 37th season.
05ly TIL that Target Canada was so poorly planned out and such a failure that Canadians continued to cross the border to shop at Target stores in the United States.