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TIL that the world's longest carrot ever grown was over 20 ft long. (6.245 m)

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Oal4 TIL that human kidneys can be printed using 3D printers and living cells to make a transplantable organ.
R7Lnj TIL That in 1957 Little Richard saw a bright red fireball flying across the sky, which he took as "sign from God" to repent from performing secular music and his wild lifestyle at the time until 1962. The fireball actually was the launching of the first artificial Earth satellite Sputnik 1.
dXNK TIL that in most elevators, holding the close door button along with the floor you want for 5-6 seconds puts the elevator into express mode, bypassing any floors waiting for the elevator
awxZb TIL the Apollo program was named after the Greek god of light, music, and the Sun, by NASA manager Abe Silverstein. Silverstein chose the name at home one evening, early in 1960, because he felt "Apollo riding his chariot across the Sun was appropriate to the grand scale of the proposed program."
NKrQ TIL that Paris, France, was the first western capital to have a black mayor (1879)