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TIL at full sprint a cheetah spends more time flying than in contact with the ground

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0d99A TIL about the Candle Salad, a popular dish in the 1920 - 1950s in the US. Made from a banana, pineapple on a bed of lettuce, with mayo or cottage cheese and a cherry on top. In the 50s it was used to encourage kids to eat fruit.
vPEZj TIL that the now defunct, Aztec-themed Fry's Electronics in Phoenix, AZ (seen in Mr. Robot S2E12) was just one store among 27 other uniquely themed stores across the USA.
NXZPb TIL of the 1978 discovery of 533 reels of nitrate film beneath the permafrost of a decommissioned swimming pool in Alaska
neLOd TIL that the USSR wanted to join NATO
7gkb TIL it rains diamonds in Saturn & Jupiter