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TIL a single ant can live to be 29 years old

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M7AWb TIL Kentucky has the strictest school bus safety standards in the USA, e.g. requiring 9 emergency exits. It was in response to a tragic 1988 school bus crash where a fire killed 27 trapped children and adults. The 1977 bus had only 2 exits and ran off flammable gasoline held in an unprotected tank.
WkAxL TIL in 1969 that the straight part of Niagara Falls was run dry after 28,000 tons of rocky fill was dropped into a cofferdam upstream, stopping the flow of water—nearly 76,000 gallons every second.
EEMp TIL George Takei did the voice of Phoebe’s father on Hey Arnold!
7EZM TIL Cliff Burton won a cards game and chose to sleep in Kirk Hammett’s bunk. The following morning’s tour bus accident left Burton the only victim.
R7p74 TIL Nowadays, it’s rare to be served really hot mustard in restaurants, and mustard in jars and packets is rarely very spicy. The sinus-burning condiment once served at Chinese restaurants was just brown mustard seeds ground to a powder and mixed with a little water just before serving