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TIL that when ships pass through Point Nemo in the Pacific Ocean, the nearest land mass is 1677 (2,700 kms) miles away. This means that at certain times of the day, the nearest humans are on the international space station (ISS) 258 miles (416 kms) up.

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grBGW TIL In 2002 German actor Günther Kaufmann confessed that he had fallen on his accountant and accidentally suffocated the man to death with his 260-pound body. But in 2005 it was discovered that Kaufmann was innocent and had confessed to protect his dying wife who had murdered the man.
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N7L0J TIL more of the USS Nimitz UFO incident that the Pentagon declassified. The UFO hit speeds of 42,000 MPH and left the pilots "pretty weirded out". It also appears to show similarities to a second incident in 2014 with the USS Theodore Roosevelt.
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