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TIL that Winston Churchill required a pressurized chamber known as the Life Pod to fly due to his health. It included a phone, an ashtray and an air circulation system so he could smoke.

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neZkd TIL there is a record for fastest mile run in Death Valley while wearing a Darth Vader suit. It is 6 minutes 13 seconds and was done by Jonathan Rice.
4wXa TIL that after the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 only the reactor No. 4 was nonoperational. The other 3 reactors continued to operate. Only in 2000 the last one was shut down.
4EnX TIL Mr. Rogers made a point of mentioning out loud when he was feeding his fish after he got a letter from a family whose blind daughter asked him to do so, because she couldn’t tell if the fish were being fed.