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TIL that an average person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator during their lifetime.

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JYEo1 TIL of the Gouffé Case, a murder case which unfolded in France, 1889. The subsequent investigation lived on as a case study for budding criminologists. Many of the methods utilized by Dr. Lacassagne during his weeklong autopsy, are now standard practices in forensic examinations.
nWjGr TIL that during WW2, German pilots in North Africa would wrap Coca-Cola bottles in wet towels and attach them to the wings before takeoff, so that it would be cold when they landed and needed a drink.
wop5P TIL many coroners aren't doctors and they can be appointed or elected to their positions
5JLQ TIL Jimmy Page played rhythm guitar on the 007 title song for “Goldfinger”
aKPb TIL of frequency 4625 kHz, a station no one claims and has been going since 1973.