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TIL Edgar Allan Poe was one of the first to suggest that space and time were one.

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aBXJ TIL that a law student filed a lawsuit against an attorney that made a public offer in Dateline giving 1M$ to anyone that could make in less than 30 minutes the distance between Jackson Airport and a hotel where the murders of 4 people happened. The student did it in 19 minutes.
OoKkL TIL that the last date that all living humans were together on Earth was November 2nd 2000. Since then there has always been someone constantly onboard the International Space Station.
KOvB9 TIL that potatoes and onions shouldn't be stored together because onions emit ethylene gas that spoils potatoes.
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