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TIL Astronauts have to sleep near a ventilator fan or they risk suffocating in a bubble of their own exhaled carbon dioxide

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7ryjZ TIL that if the universe had one dimension of space and three dimensions of time instead of the other way around, the speed of light would be the LOWER limit of speed instead of the upper limit. Thus, everything would be made of tachyons - theoretical faster-than-light particles.
6O0l TIL of hockey player Clint Malarchuck who, in 1989 nearly died after his carotid artery and jugular vein were both sliced open in a freak hockey accident. Then 19 years later in 2008, Malarchuck attempted suicide by shooting himself with a rifle. He survived and now gives speeches about OCD.
0wx55 TIL three films featuring kids' love and fascination with baseball were released within months of each other: "The Sandlot," "Rookie of the Year," and "Little Big League." The last one was released a month before professional baseball games were suspended because the MLB players went on strike.
697n7 TIL there is only one operational ocean liner in the world and it still sails the same route as RMS Titanic
WwMo TIL Alan Moore created Rorschach of the Watchmen as an insult to Steve Ditko’s similar characters The Question and Mr. A, calling Ditko’s Objectivist philosophies “laughable.” Everyone missed the point and actually liked Rorschach’s character.