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TIL astronauts on the International Space Station see around 15 sunrises and sunsets every day

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PYn1n TIL that a NYPD officer was killed by Nation of Islam members in a mosque while responding to a fake call for help and the investigation was practically shut down following political pressure from Louis Farrakhan and others.
8e9r4 TIL that the scientific method was revealed to René Descartes in a series of three dreams
YpDxx TIL of the philosopher Karl Popper's "paradox of tolerance" which states: "If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.
8gXV TIL they never found “bath salts” in the toxicology reports for the Miami Cannibal attack, leaving the ultimate cause of his behavior unknown.
awQJb Today I learned there's a hybrid of both introverted and extroverted personality elements.. and it is Not what you think!