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TIL Apollo 13 was filmed using zero-g training planes to simulate weightlessness instead of wires and CGI

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8a7DX TIL About Thomas Fuller an illiterate enslaved African whose Math Genius shocked Colonists, capable of quickly solving math problems in his head he earned the title of “The Mental Calculator” serving as a figurehead of Africans not being mentally inferior to Whites further abolitionist efforts
GYJ9N TIL it was considered impossible to run a mile in under 4 minutes until 1954, when Bannister ran the mile in under 4 minutes in the first time in human history
Bgxgk TIL The bite out of the Apple logo is so you can tell it's an apple instead of a cherry
Ba1y TIL Pyongyang Media Reported that Kim Jung-il Shot An Amazing 11 Holes-in-One to Achieve an Unprecedented 38-Under-Par on a Regulation 18-Hole Golf Course - On His First Try at Playing Golf.
8eJrX TIL In July 2018, Russian scientists collected and analyzed 300 prehistoric worms from the permafrost and thawed them. Two of the ancient worms were revived and started moving and eating. One is dated at 32,000 years old, and the other is 41,700 years old.