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TIL Reasoning Is Sharper in a Foreign Language

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GbZg TIL that astronaut Sunita Williams was the first person to run a marathon in space, finishing in 4 hours and 24 minutes on a treadmill aboard the International Space Station.
ne17B TIL that when Mt. Vesuvius erupted, Pompeii had a neighbor city called Herculaneum which suffered the same fate as Pompeii.
GYbo4 TIL that USB 3 and USB-C devices can create 2.4 Ghz radio interference and cause issues to WiFi and radio wireless devices. Wireless headphones kept disconnecting today and found out that it was the HDD attached right next to the headphone's dongle that was causing this.
rNNOw TIL The original John Madden Football (1988) took 3 years to develop due to John Madden insisting that each team have 11 players while EA was entangled in a legal battle with Bethesda Softworks. The game was known internally as "Trip's Folly" in reference to Trip Hawkins, the founder and CEO of EA.
D1kLJ TIL: Jean Meslier (1664-1729) was a French Catholic priest, actually an atheist, who left after his death an entire book criticizing religion