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TIL that The International Space station is closer to the earth than San Francisco is to L.A.

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AwGx TIL Once out of office, President Harry Truman decided that he did not wish to be on any corporate payroll, believing that taking advantage of such financial opportunities would diminish the integrity of the office. He had no personal savings. His only income was his old army pension: $113 per month
LAw0 TIL that bimonthly means “twice a month” AND “every other month”.
QNgVe TIL that actor Sterling Hayden (Johnny Guitar, The Killing) was an OSS agent during World War II under the alias 'John Hamilton'. His work with Yugoslav partisans influenced him to briefly join the Communist Party, but he left quickly and later named names before the HUAC.
Z8AQY TIL Researchers fashioned a scar on female subjects before their interactions with a stranger. Unbeknownst to the women, the scar was removed before the face-to-face conversation with the stranger. Nevertheless, the women said the stranger had stared at the scar and made them uncomfortable
Bgwdk TIL that an image claiming to be of Diwali lights seen from space makes the rounds on social networks every year. The image is in fact many images created by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to show how population has grown in India from 1992 to 2003.