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TIL Jackie Chan owns a house

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Wkx98 TIL Stephen Hawking was the only person to ever portray themself in Star Trek
axQJ TIL when Astronaut Ed Mitchell was asked what it’s like to stand on the moon, he said: “From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch.’
8RXa TIL that there is a guy who ran 50 marathons in each of the 50 states in 50 consecutive days.
MeDWA TIL Being struck by lightening is rarely fatal and 90% of people survive a direct strike.
GAkQJ TIL that an American English speaker will learn a word every two days, on average, between the ages of 20 and 60