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TIL the most remote inhabited island is Tristan da Cunha and is 1200 miles from the nearest civilization.

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XEjPE TIL that figure skater Kevin Reynolds performed his solo routine for the 2016 Canadian National Figure Skating Championships to the song "Tank!," which is famous as the theme song to Cowboy Bebop. Reynolds performed the routine dressed as lead Bebop character Spike.
e0xVD TIL that President William McKinley (who was assassinated) often wore a trademark good luck charm. It was a red carnation worn on his lapel. While meeting with the public a 12 year old girl asked him for the flower. He gave it to her and moments later was shot.
p8JAG TIL The Vietnam government executes corporate executives convicted of financial crimes or corporate malfeasance.
O0X7 TIL that a person infected with HIV came from Haiti to America around 1969. Today, almost everybody with HIV in Europe, America, Japan and Australia can have their virus traced back to that same individual.
xV8XD TIL A helicopter pilot flew to 40820 feet, setting a world record for the highest altitude reached by a helicopter. However, when he started to descend, the engine failed, but he safely landed the helicopter with absolutely no power - a world record for the highest unpowered descent by a helicopter.