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TIL that out of more than 100 billion people who have lived and died on earth, only 24 have the first hand experience of seeing full circle of earth from space.

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oBpg8 TIL that a "rain check" was originally a ticket given to a spectator at an outdoor event interrupted by rain that provided admission to a later event (instead of a refund), but has since become an informal term for a request to reschedule any event.
oRBOr TIL Skyrim has been officially released 15 times on 10 different consoles.
OoEmY TIL Mohamed Mrabet, a storyteller and the first Moroccan "writer" to get a book published in France, is illiterate.
lxWB TIL that the phrase “under God” wasn’t part of the Pledge of Allegiance until 1954, and that its adoption was largely due to pressure from the Knights of Colombus
dDyv7 TIL People With Lighter Colored Eyes May Have a Higher Level of AUD (Alcohol Use Disorder): More than Meets the Eye: Eye Color and Alcoholism