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TIL that Rocky Balboa’s trainer Mickey Goldmill was based in part, on Rocky Marciano’s coach Charley Goldman.

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R5Zg7 TIL that on average, the objects within our Solar System's asteroid belt are about one million kilometers or 600,000 miles apart from each other. For reference, the Earth's diameter is 12,742 kilometers or 7,917.5 miles
MWXW TIL Spiderwort is natures Geiger counter the petals of the flower turn from blue to pink when exposed to radiation
wLpw8 TIL that pinball was illegal in NYC for over 30 years
o7YL TIL that when a young girl was invited to meet President Coolidge, someone made a bet against her claiming that it was impossible for the president to say more than two words to her. When the girl told the president about the bet, President Coolidge responded, “You lose.”
QNjnd TIL Archaeological evidence of the Saluki dates back at least 5,000 years. The Saluki was first bred in the Fertile Crescent and used by nomadic tribes to run down game animals.