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TIL The only goalkeeper to ever win Ballon d'Or (worlds best player) was Lev Yashin from the Soviet Union there was a year where he played every game and only conceded a goal in 7 games

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GYBA4 TIL of Jerrie Cobb, who started flying at age 12 and later set world records for distance flight, speed, and altitude. She played semiprofessional softball to help finance her aviation, ranked in the top 2% of all astronaut candidates, and pioneered humanitarian flights earning a Nobel nomination.
D1QPP It seems like a good idea; after all, not many vessels are capable of sustaining life in space, so why not recycle what we’ve got? Unfortunately, the current fleet just isn’t cut out for long-term habitation. When NASA retires the three remaining space shuttles next year, the craft will be sent to museums.
vPYLR TIL Kendall Myers and his wife spied on the U.S. for Cuba for 30 years inside the U.S. State Department until they were arrested in their 70s. They never took a penny for their work. They simply didn’t like how the U.S. “treated” Cuba.
nRZo TIL: Approximately 25% of adults in the U.S. have some form of mental illness or substance use disorder, and these adults consume almost 40% of all cigarettes smoked by adults
vb5r TIL that Islandia, Florida (population 5) was an incorporated city with no school, no sewers, no courthouse, no shops, no road leading in or out, and a fraudulent government made up of people who did not live there. It took over 50 years for the state to finally abolish it.