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TIL Stars appear to twinkle because their light passes through our atmosphere and is bent and distorted by varying temperatures and densities of air

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NXYgJ Today I learned that, while A. A. Milne, the creator of Winnie the Pooh, named the character after his son's teddy bear, Pooh's design was actually based on another teddy bear named Growler, who was owned by the son of Milne's illustrator, E. H. Shepard.
DZ6Y TIL that a man was believed to have jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge. A suicide note and his jacket were found and he was presumed dead. 1 year later he was found in Texas selling bibles.
dDEvQ TIL -- In 2005, Jack Wiegand used over a million frequent flyer miles for the world’s longest taxi ride. Starting in London, ending in Sydney, and spanning 21,000 miles across 19 countries, his extraordinary journey lasted three months and set a record for the longest taxi journey.
YMeZ TIL Ralph Lawrence Carr, Governor of Colorado, spoke out against the internment of the Japanese after Pearl Harbor, costing him his political career
wLg4M TIL about substitute teachers’ week. Every year in Alberta, Canada the Alberta Teachers’ Association dedicates a week to recognizing the work of substitute teachers.