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TIL Rectal temperature is a method coroners can use to determine time of death

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9wPmD TIL: Frank Slide, 44 MILLION tons of rock fell in one of the largest landslides in Canadian history back in 1903. It partially buried a town and killed 70-90 people. Also, a horse, Charlie. Survived for a month underground, only to die after being overfed oats and... brandy.
74RZ TIL the siphonophorae are animals that appear to be one organism but actually consist of a colony of highly specialised individual animals called zooids
Z8wea TIL the oldest known living terrestrial animal in the world is a tortoise named Jonathon, aged 187. He is two years away from reaching the age of the all-time verified record holder for the world's oldest tortoise, according to Guinness World Records.
5V9DR TIL that silver fulminate is a high explosive that’s so sensitive, it can be detonated by a falling feather. Larger quantities of it self-detonate under its own weight. Its main use is in children’s novelties like bang snaps.
6P1X TIL Nero, a Roman Emperor from 54 to 68, was known for having captured Christians to burn them in his garden at night for a source of light.