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TIL that the water which is shipped to the International Space Station all comes from 2 sources in Italy. One source supplies water for the USA segment of the ISS and the other source to the Russian side based on the tastes of the astronauts and the method used to purify the water on board.

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J1Odj TIL that in 1986, Australian cricketer Dean Jones played a match in India while severely ill. Due to the extreme heat, he urinated and vomited several times. He lost 7 kgs during the match and doesn't remember the game. Jones scored 210 runs, in what is considered one of the best performances ever.
r60o TIL: Saying “Ahi tuna” is redundant. The Hawaiian word “Ahi” means yellowfin tuna.
Y7LwB TIL Pepperoni is a recent invention, created in 1919 by Italian immigrants in America.
epmK4 TIL that American physicist Richard Feynman once faced off against a Japanese abacus expert to see which could calculate faster. The abacus consistently won on more simple operations, but Feynman was faster in division and complex calculations such as cube roots.
9YxJD TIL about Captain Midnight, a Florida man who hijacked HBO’s satellite to protest their high prices.