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TIL The longest recorded time without sleep is 264 hours (11+ days). It is not clear how long humans can survive without sleep. After 3-4 nights you can start to hallucinate.

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wVk7 TIL Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl crossed the Pacific in 1947 in a self-built raft to prove ancient people could have made contact between the continents
rRZM4 TIL that Quentin Tarantino dug up and used actual KHJ radio broadcasts from 1968 and 69, along with commercials, for the soundtrack to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. He sifted through 17 hours of airchecks to find the tracks he wanted to put in the film
E0lW TIL the President of Ecuador offered to let the US keep an airbase in his country, but only if Ecuador could have a base in Miami.
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oRoeW TIL about a former MI6 officer who tried to sell sensitive information to the Dutch, who then turned around and told MI5 about it. He claimed voices in his head told him to sell the secrets.