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TIL : 30 years ago you had 17 minutes to escape a house fire. Today, it’s down to 3-4 minutes

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d8XlZ TIL of the Dunblane massacre in 1996, 16 children and a teacher were shot dead in a UK primary school. The direct response was a ban on all cartridge ammunition handguns.
69GdZ TIL in Shaquille O'Neal's entire 19-year NBA career, he has only made one 3-point shot, out of 22 attempts.
P58J TIL a man, instructed by the “holy spirit”, spent 32 days answering more than 500 calls at the Mojave Phone Booth, located 8 miles from the nearest paved road and 15 from the nearest numbered highway. These calls included several from someone who ID themselves as “Sergeant Zeno from the Pentagon”
bGjZ TIL that Ewan McGregor’s brother Colin is a RAF Tornado pilot, his callsign is Obi Two.
KO5DQ TIL Punxsutawney Phil (the Groundhog's Day groundhog) lives in a terrarium built into the children's section of the local public library