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TIL that James Bedford is the first person to have his body cryopreserved in 1967 and it is still in storage.

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RAPQ TIL John Krasinski (Jim from The Office-US) shot the Scranton footage in the show’s opening credits sequence on a research trip as he and his friends drove through the city.
nerBP TIL of Cliff Young, an Australian potato farmer who at age 61 entered the 1983 Sydney-Melbourne ultramarathon wearing work boots and overalls. He ran non-stop for five days and 15 hours, won by ten hours and donated all of his $10,000 winnings to the five other people who managed to finish the race
JgPv TIL Humans can run down any animal on Earth
jNNdE TIL that there's a small yet clearly defined generation between Gen X and millenials.
8am08 TIL That the smallest volcano in the world its just 13 meters and its located in the middle of a city in Mexico