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TIL - One of the longest recorded sniper kill is nearly 1.75 miles and was shot by an Australian in Afghanistan last year.

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0w1MM TIL that a retired U.S. Army sergeant and Vietnam veteran became the first paralyzed American to successfully finish the New York City Marathon. She used a robotic exoskeleton device to complete 26.2 miles over 3 days.
4Xvab TIL that Paul McCartney agreed to appear on The Simpsons if the "Lisa Simpson character would become a vegetarian like the McCartneys and never be considered a meat eater ever again"
r5ky TIL that Gilbert N. Lewis(inventor of the Lewis Dot structure) was nominated for the Nobel Prize 35 times, but he never won.
50VP TIL that, after Richard Feynman was named the world’s smartest man by Omni magazine, his mother said, “If that’s the world’s smartest man, God help us.”.
BgNGe TIL about Project Possible, Nimsdai Purja climbed the 14 mountains that are above 8,000 meters in just Six months.They told Nims his project was simply impossible. So he called it Project Possible. While climbing Kanchenjunga he was partying the night before and was hungover during the climb.