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TIL it’s possible for amateur radio operators to call the ISS and even get a response from an off duty astronaut

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dD4r9 TIL about TK, a boy who experienced total brain death at age 4 but was kept alive for another 20 years. His body grew as he aged but he never regained awareness. His autopsy showed nothing recognizable as brain.
Enk0 TIL that Coca Cola is cheaper than clean water in Tanzania and Zambia.
WJ7X TIL Alexander Skarsgard’s (Eric from True Blood) first role in the US was Meekus, one of Zoolander’s roommates that died in a tragic gasoline fight accident
XEROj TIL that Inuit in northern Greenland were using iron blades for centuries without knowledge of metallurgy. They made them by breaking pieces off of a huge iron meteorite and shaping them with heavy stones. They built their settlements close to the meteorite and used its iron for generations.
E5Kx TIL the costume designers for Lord of the Rings worked for two straight years making custom armor for the movies. They fabricated a total of 11 kilometers of chain mail (nearly 7 miles) by hand, to lay under the armor of the warriors. Just one orc suit had 13,000 rings and took 3 days to make.