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yov8 TIL there is a guy who cycled 75,065 miles in one year in 1939. He then carried on to cycle 100,000 miles, and then had to relearn how to walk.
BrWvb TIL apples in Tibet turn purple due to the lower temper and the higher UV light.(less UV is filtered out because of the thinner atmosphere) They’re called Black diamond apples.
Em1w TIL that it’s impossible to drive from North to South America. A 54-mile wide area of nearly-impassable land called the Darién Gap breaks the Pan-American Highway in Panama.
KYQPE TIL that in 1972 a meteor entered earth's athmosphere just 57km over Utah, travelling northwards at 15km/s and left it again over Alberta, creating the "1972 Great Daylight Fireball". And there's a crazy f ing video of it.
NXvyM TIL that the tea company Twinings was founded in 1706 as a coffee shop that sold tea to stand out from the competition, and its flagship location still occupies the same premises today