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TIL of the Louisville Mega Cavern, a 17-mile bike park 100ft underground in an abandoned Limestone mine.

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GYLD5 TIL Many astronomers claim that color perception and contrast is improved by as much as 40 percent when using binoculars over a telescope. Not only does single-eye viewing of a telescope severely hamper depth perception, it also decreases signal-to-noise ratio
KYO1J TIL the first reality show was 1973’s An American Family documenting the life of a family, but ended up breaking it up – 10 million people watched as mom Pat complained about husband Bill’s cheating, moaned about their sex life and then, midway through filming, asked him for a divorce on camera.
v1EEL TIL on February 11, 1992, a man who was likely innocent of a crime for which he was about to be put to death uttered these last words: "I'd like to thank my family for loving me and taking care of me. And the rest of the world can kiss my everloving ass, because I'm innocent."
jNmoj TIL a customer asked Marco Pierre White if he could have chips with his lunch, White hand cut and personally cooked the chips, but charged the customer £25 for his time.
wL5N8 TIL of two identical twins born in 1933 raised separately. One raised as a Catholic in Germany and joined the Hitler Youth while the other was raised Jewish in Israel and joined the Israeli Navy. They knew nothing of each other until they met at age 21