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TIL that we lose 6 seconds of visual information each minute from blinking. In a 150 minute long movie, our eyes are shut for 15 minutes

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awRRZ TIL that Zambia had its own space program in 1964, whose mission statement included sending "Afronauts": a crew consisting of a 17 year old space girl, a cat, and a priest to Mars. The priest was specifically instructed not to enforce Christianity of the Martians if they didn't want it.
VMl5k TIL the cryptocurrency Dogecoin community raised $129,687 for the Jamaican national bobsleigh team, who qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics but lacked funding -- far surpassing the $40,000 necessary.
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