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TIL Space Shuttle Columbia and Enterprise were initially fitted with ejection seats borrowed from the SR71

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D14wj TIL Russia's economy has contracted 42.5% since 2013, from a GDP of $2.231T to $1.283T.
8KLa TIL the samurai cloak, the Horo is a shield against incoming arrows
VMKd4 TIL a lawyer used his will for practical jokes. He gave a house to 3 men who hated each other, stocks in a brewery to preachers, shares of a racetrack to each ministers "except Spracklin, who shot a hotelkeeper", and gave the rest to whoever had the most kids in 10 years.
ZPMY TIL that “in darkness most people eventually adjust to a 48-hour cycle: 36 hour of activity followed by 12 hours of sleep. The reasons are still unclear.”
aww6L TIL that Yellowstone National Park contains 1/2 of the world's documented geothermal features and 2/3 of the world's geyers - beating both Iceland and Russia.