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TIL of John Stapp, a man who withstood 46.2 Gs of gravity, suffered a detached retina and went 632 MPH all in a single run on a deceleration sled

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vjDB TIL that a California prison inmate smuggled 2 boxes of staples, a pencil sharpener, sharpener blades, and 3 jumbo binder rings in his rectum, earning him the nickname “O.D.”—“Office Depot.”
J1KA8 TIL Galileo's middle finger is on display in Florence
Zp9A4 TIL: Apples are not native to North America. They originated in Kazakhstan, in central Asia east of the Caspian Sea. The capital of Kazakhstan, Alma Ata, means “full of apples.” By 1500 BC apple seeds had been carried throughout Europe. The Greeks, Etruscans, and Romans cultivated apples.
b6klj TIL that the Golden Rule, treat others the way you want to be treated, can be found in a story from ancient Egyptian religion titled 'The Eloquent Peasant' dating back to Egypt's Middle Kingdom (2040–1650 BC).