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TIL that astronauts have been allowed to vote from space since 1997

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nLWb TIL last year the 80 richest people in the world had more wealth than half the world’s population combined. Only 4 years earlier the number was 388.
9YAGm TIL Chris Pratt stole his Star-Lord jacket from the set of the first Guardians of the Galaxy so he could dress up as the character and visit sick kids in the hospital.
R5V88 TIL the first successful public demonstration of ether anesthesia took place on October 16, 1846, at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Morton administered ether to a patient undergoing surgery to remove a tumor from his neck, rendering the patient unconscious and insensitive to pain.
AdOw TIL UFC fighter Meisha Tate was vacationing with her boyfriend and his parents when his mother suffered an asthma attack while snorkeling and almost drowned. Unable to perform CPR due to a closed throat, Meisha saved her by repeatedly taking puffs from an asthma inhaler and blowing it into her lungs
l8v1 TIL a British bloke has traveled to every country and territory on earth without taking a single flight.