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TIL that according to Astronomy Magazine's list of "Seven Wonders of the Solar System", the Earth's greatest wonder is our oceans.

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J1KXQ TIL about “The Asoh Defense”, a term used for taking the blame when you're at fault. It’s named after a Japanese pilot named Kohei Asoh, who crash landed a full passenger jet in the San Francisco Bay in 1968. When asked what happened, he said: “As you Americans say, I f-cked up.”
NXA8N TIL in 2015 a plane crashed into the home of the neighbors of Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney in Plainville, Massachusetts. Three people died in the crash.
WkjlN TIL 23-year-old Charlie Johns married Eunice Winstead Jones, age 9. They they had 7 children and marriage lasted 60 years. He died at age 83 in 1997, and she at 86 in 2006.
QJ6ZE TIL the oldest company in the world has been operating since 578 AD
X59E TIL That a Green Bay Packers fan used to donate blood often to afford tickets to games. He learned later on that he had a potentially fatal blood disease that was preventable through blood donation. He had unknowingly been saving his life the entire time.