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TIL Quarter-life crisis! a period of life ranging from twenties to thirties, in which a person begins to feel doubtful about their own lives, brought on by the stress of becoming an adult.

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LkO9V Concorde’s top speed is actually limited by temperature, not power and they were always painted white to help keep everything cool.
RNv6 TIL Researchers let 100 paper planes go 23 miles above Germany 2 years ago. Some have since been found in Canada, USA, Australia and South Africa.
woyxP TIL French sailor Narcisse Pelletier was abandoned in 1858 at the age of 14 on the Cape York Peninsula, in Australia. He was discovered and rescued by an Aboriginal family who adopted him and named him Amglo, for the next 17 years, until he was found by the crew of the John Bell in 1875.
j6AwE TIL that kippers are not a species of fish, but rather a name for smoked herring.
4XAKg TIL after Tama the Station Master Cat died, she was enshrined as a spirit goddess named Tama Daimyōjin (たま大明神) in a nearby Shinto cat shrine.