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TIL that the Hubble Space Telescope has collected more than 100 TB of data and generates 844 GB per month.

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epll5 TIL: Although Everest is the highest mountain on Earth (from sea level) , Muana Kea is the tallest (measuring base to height).)
ymOe TIL of a guy who made a chicken sandwich literally from scratch – he grew a garden, harvested wheat, slaughtered a chicken, travelled to boil ocean water for salt, etc – it took him 6 months and cost him $1,500. He didn’t think it tasted very good.
a8pVN TIL After pressure from his parents and advice from his college tutors, Bob Klose quit the band Tea Set in mid-1965. In late-1965 the band rebranded as Pink Floyd.
GYWg4 TIL Adeline and Augusta Van Buren were the first women to travel across the country on solo motorcycles. They made it despite frequently being arrested for wearing pants.
epyP5 TIL of the Glasgow effect, a term which refers to the lower life expectancy of residents of the Scottish city compared to the rest of the UK and Europe. Some hypotheses for this effect include stress, especially in childhood, leading to ill health; violent gang culture; and rate of premature births.