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TIL Coyotes run faster than Roadrunners.

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x6L1 TIL Australia used to have bars close at 6 pm, which fueled an after-work hour-long speed-drinking session called the “six o'clock swill”.
r6X4 TIL when Mickey Mantle was asked to describe an “outstanding event” that occurred at Yankee Stadium, he responded with a graphic description of a blowjob he received under the bleachers during a game.
xoO5 TIL that the first Allied shots of both world wars were fired from the same gun
YpR9Z TIL that the Chernobyl disaster could have been 10x worse and could have affected most of Europe if three volunteer divers didn't drain a pool to prevent a second explosion.
05Kv TIL Claudius was the first of 15 Roman Emperors to not have any male lovers. People thought it was strange that he was only attracted to women.