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TIL of Alexandra David-Néel, an explorer who snuck into Tibet in the 1920s to learn about Buddhism when it was closed to outsiders. She lived until 101 and her writings influenced Jack Kerouac amongst others.

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WkgNB Today I learned Martin Van Buren (the 8th president on the United States) was the first American citizen to be president
x6AAw TIL The average human spends 1.5 years on the toilet.
p8EWA TIL that on January 14, 2005, the Cassini spacecraft landed the Hguyens probe on the surface of Saturn’s moon, Titan. It is the first probe to land on a surface in the outer solar system and remains the farthest any man-made spacecraft has landed.
mxP6P TIL that King Cobra is not a Cobra.
69y0l TIL of a Second World War Operation from the Aussies to send a small fishing boat and 13 men from Australia to occupied Singapore harbour to sink Japanese ships with mines. They sunk 3 ships and damaged 3 more. Was called Operation Jaywick! They even made it home!