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TIL The Golden Temple of India feeds over 100,000 people a day no matter who they are, where they come from, or their race.

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mX9x TIL when a paper couldn’t think of a name for an article about Chris Hadfield they rang the Air Force who said “Just call it ‘Canadian Wins Top Test Pilot’ or something to that effect.” A friend sent Chris a copy of the article, it read "Canadian Wins Top Test Pilot or Something to that Effect”
loZa7 TIL During times of famine, women are more likely to give birth to girls
17OD TIL the “breathing fluid” from the film The Abyss is real and was successfully tested on a human.
J167v TIL that in Japan, there is a TV show in which female participants are filmed running up a hill for 6 minutes, and it is very popular
PYyKe TIL when future US President Herbert Hoover was born in 1874, his father announced the news by saying, "We have another General Grant at our house!", referencing the incumbent chief executive. This rural Iowan blacksmith would die nearly fifty years before his son fulfilled the prediction.