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TIL that the subcontinent of India once moved over the surface of the Earth twice as fast as any other landmass

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XEgG6 TIL that the name "battery" was first used by Benjamin Franklin in his experiments with Leyden Jars (early electrostatic capacitors) and originally only meant "a group of two or more" borrowing the term from artillery batteries.
Bke TIL in 1959, a radio DJ named Peter Tripp kept himself awake for over 200 hours for charity, and never recovered psychologically.
worY8 TIL the first food ever smuggled into space was a corned beef sandwich. It was smuggled onboard the Gemini III NASA mission on March 23, 1965 by Astronaut John Young to give to fellow astronaut Gus Grissom. Grissom was not scheduled to eat anything during the 4 hour 52 minute orbital mission.
Yp8PA TIL that western sahara nationality law stuipulates that "children must respect their parents".
NXG8b TIL that when former White House press secretary James Brady died in 2014, his death was ruled a homicide because it was ultimately caused by a gunshot wound he sustained in 1981, during the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan