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TIL there's a word «mamihlapinatapai» that describes the situation when two people look to each other, wishing that the other would initiate something that they both desire but which neither wants to begin

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4Vya TIL after writing several scathing editorials about a scientist’s “ridiculous” claim that the moon could be reached with rockets, the New York Times published a correction…three days before the moon landing in 1969.
y8Rv TIL the ocean liner Olympic, sister ship to Titanic, became the only merchant vessel in WWI to sink an enemy warship when she rammed U-boat U-103.
9M9X TIL that Thomas Jefferson was educated and tolerant about Islam, and forsaw Muslims running for president.
R7oA9 TIL that, depending on the species, most bamboos only flower once every 60 to 130 years - often simoultanesly worldwide, regardless of the geographic location.
0wKnM TIL There is an abandoned Apache 160 airplane in a skatepark in Detroit. According to its registration number, it was registered in 2019, but has been sitting abandoned since at least May 2020 when it was found by a documentary maker.