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TIL Astronauts aboard the International Space Station experience alternating 45 minutes of daylight and 45 minutes of darkness, meaning they witness 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets every 24 hours.

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PrO TIL There’s a script for a Forrest Gump sequel called Gump and Co., based on the book of the same name, in which Forrest is seen inventing New Coke, crashing the Exxon Valdez, accidentally tearing down the Berlin Wall and fighting in Desert Storm with his orangutan sidekick.
xlAw TIL that when placed on maps using food sources as cities, slime molds have almost perfectly replicated major train systems in Europe, the USA, Tokyo, and Canada.
N75eQ TIL that Adolf Hitler's remains were exhumed in the 1970s and incinerated. The ashes were flushed into the city's sewage system
8a7QL TIL the gravestone of Mel Blanc, the voice actor of Bugs Bunny has "that's all folks" written on it
Me1Z0 TIL that since the Queen of England has reigned for so long, 4/5 UK residents weren't alive when she ascended to the throne.