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TIL that there have been multiple people adrift at sea who have lived over a year with no supplies other than what the ocean had to offer. Through their own ingenuity and perseverance they survived.

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W741A TIL that, on average, Mercury is the closest planet to Earth and every other planet in our solar system.
P1ggZ TIL Laos is the most bombed country in history relative to its population size
loWla TIL a Michigan left is an at-grade intersection design that replaces each left turn at an intersection between a (major) divided roadway and a secondary (minor) roadway with the combination of a right turn followed by a U-turn, or a U-turn followed by a right turn, depending on the situation
oB7k8 TIL in 2002, a Coptic monk in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre moved his chair just a bit to get away from the sun. This caused a fistfight between Ethiopian and Coptic monks and eleven people ended up being hospitalised.
R59BQ TIL there exist transport aircraft without ailerons for sake of short take off and landing capabilities. Instead, the entire trailing edge is lined with flaps and maneuvering is achieved using spoilers on top of the wing. One such example is the Mitsubishi MU-2