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TIL that fortune cookies were invented in the United States

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p8lVG TIL Astronauts report blurred vision in low-gravity environments as one of the strangest effects of spaceflight on the human body.
6eB8 TIL that there are 3 places in the world (all of them in Russia), in which the difference between record high and record low temperatures is higher than 100 degrees Celsius (or 180 degrees Fahrenheit)
ADPLg TIL Astronauts have a device called a Valsalva installed into their helmet to allow them to block their noses so they can equalize the pressure in their ears (the valsalca manoeuvre)
oBVLA TIL in 1900s there was a death row inmates baseball team and their executions were dependent on their performance.
rND14 TIL of An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997). Due in part to negative attention for this film (which grossed under $60K on a $10M budget), the DGA retired the Alan Smithee pseudonym from regular use.