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TIL: The current estimated time that it would take to free fall to the center of the earth is 38 minutes and 11 seconds.

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pYdYb TIL: About the USS Wolverine a aircraft carrier during WWII with the purpose training Navy pilots, along with the USS Sable they trained over 17,000 pilots and landing signal officers, also they were the only freshwater, coal-fired, side paddle-wheel aircraft carriers used by the United States Navy.
Z851Q TIL about the Atherstone Ball Game which is a Medieval football game played annually in England. Members of the town brawl over a large ball up and down the towns small ancient streets. The aim is simple: make sure you're holding onto the ball when the game ends. One rule : don't kill anybody!
kJBD4 TIL that Herman Lamm is considered the father of modern bank robbery. He pioneered the concepts of casing a bank and developing escape routes before the robbery. Using a meticulous planning system called "The Lamm Technique", he conducted dozens of successful bank robberies.
0wpWy TIL Every year, 10 Russian officials travel to US military bases to check that the B-1 bomber cannot carry a nuke, as part of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
VMn7k TIL as President McKinley was dying, no one knew where Vice President Teddy Roosevelt was. When located in the wilderness he raced all night down mountain roads on a buckboard wagon in pitch black and pouring rains to be sworn in.