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TIL the iconic ‘Blue marble’ photograph of the earth was originally oriented with the south pole at the top. However, the image was turned upside-down to fit the traditional view of the world as popularized by the mercator projection.

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gMVb7 TIL Jesus Christ is estimated to have been born around the years 6-4 BC
OGMw7 TIL there is a hemorrhoid treatment where they are slowly strangled with tight little rubber bands.
VQlB TIL the music video of runaway train (Soul Asylum) helped locate 26 missing children. It was so effective 6 different versions were made!
eK8n TIL South African Department of Health Distributed 44 million condoms, stapling each one to instruction cards written in the country’s 11 official languages.
BrDAx TIL that the world record for the longest jump by a horse (Something, 1975, 8.4 m / 28’), is less than the human world record (Powell, 1991, 8.95 m / 29’ 4-1/4”).