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TIL Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld killed off George’s fiancé Susan because of her bad chemistry with Jason Alexander and Julia Louis-Dreyfus

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GYy14 TIL the common fitness target of 10,000 steps/day came from a Japanese pedometer company who gave their product a name that means "the 10,000-step meter” because the Japanese character for “10,000” resembles a person walking: 万. There is no known science behind a goal of 10,000 steps
NLk8 TIL in 2009 two Northwest Airlines pilots lost their licenses when they overshot their planned destination by 150 miles, only realizing their mistake when a flight attendant asked about landing. The pilots were both on their personal laptops and ignored inquiries from flight control for 90 minutes.
8a7W8 TIL of a huge sunken land-mass in the Pacific Ocean, dubbed Zealandia. It was spied from space, and scientists favor it being formally recognized as the 8th continent, of which New Zealand is it's only visible portion.
Eojo TIL Susan G. Komen for the Cure only spends 20.9% of its funds on actual research for the cure and the CEOs salary is 459k
GAKxj TIL cucumbers, pumpkin, squash, and watermelon are all in the same plant family