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TIL in March 6, 2010 a blind hiker set on the Appalachian trail with a goal to inspire other visually impaired people. Seven months later, he finished hiking the 1,700 miles using only a cellphone, GPS open-source software, and hearing to locate camps, trailheads, and water sites.

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V7r4 TIL That in India there is a precariously balanced boulder on the edge of a slope named “Krishna’s Butter Ball”.
lorbN TIL that in 1942, the Luftwaffe dropped three bombs on the church of Mosta, Malta. Two of them deflected without exploding, but one 500kg high explosive bomb pierced the dome and entered the church, where more than 300 people were awaiting evening mass. The bomb did not explode and was later defused
x6XN1 TIL odor sensitivity correlates positively with sexual experience: Participants with high olfactory sensitivity reported higher pleasantness of sexual activities.
OG60L TIL Kate Winslet broke Tom Cruise's underwater filming record while filming Avatar 2. Winslet held her breath during a scene for seven minutes and twelve seconds beating the mark of six minutes Cruise set while filming Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation.
x5D0 TIL Someone made a map of the U.S. with hypothetical borders for new states with equal populations to shed light on unequal voting representation in the Senate and Presidential Elections.