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TIL that cosmic dust, micro-meteor remnants from the birth of our solar system, falls all over the world at a rate of 4,000 tons annually. We literally eat it, inhale it and live in it every day.

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4kMeo TIL that in 1992 Detroit News compared a theoretical performance of Godzilla unleashed upon 1972 Detroit in Sim City to the outcome of two decades of rule by mayor Coleman Young and came to a conclusion that Detroit would be better off with the monster
4LON TIL that Peregrine Falcons are the fastest member of the animal kingdom. With a top recorded dive speed of 242mph
P7We TIL the Ottoman Sultan, Khaleefah Abdul-Majid I, declared his intention to send £10,000 to aid Ireland’s farmers. However, Queen Victoria intervened and requested that the Sultan send only £1,000, because she had sent only £2,000 herself.
nVXP TIL that Thomas Jefferson and John Adams visited William Shakespeare’s house together, and chipped off a piece of his chair as a souvenir.
loyJB TIL teeth are not bones but are evolved fish scales