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TIL Isaac Newton invented calculus as fast as a college freshman class learns it

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Xnl8 TIL there is a micro-nation named the Principality of Sealand 6 miles off the coast of Britain with an area of 6 acres. On 7/24 this year they hosted the first ever ‘Half-Marathon of Sealand’, which involved a treadmill.
y6aw TIL the entire Internet weighs about as much as a strawberry.
m1Zro TIL, of the 3,000 slaves freed by the British in exchange for fighting during the American War for Independence (called the Black Loyalists), after relocating to Nova Scotia for a time, 1,200 ended up going to Africa in 1792 to become part of the new settlement of Sierra Leone
e0aWb TIL in 1989, 2 million people joined hands and formed a human chain spanning 675.5 kilometres (419.7 mi) across Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuanua. They were peacefully demonstrating for independence for their countries from the Soviet Union.
R77y1 Short answer: Depends on when you hit it