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TIL the entire world's population could fit inside Los Angeles.

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wLWJ TIL Curiosity’s minimum uplink rates to Earth are 160bits/sec and 800bits/sec, depending on the antenna it is targeting on Earth.
WkAZA TIL we can't exactly determine someone's age scientifically
nP5r TIL : In 1985 a pool party was thrown for Lifeguards in celebration of a year without drowning, at that party a man drowned.
ADRXl TIL there’s a federal law requiring all vodkas be distilled in such a manner that ensures they pretty much all taste the same (without distinctive character, aroma, taste or color). NPR facilitated a lab study that proved there are no discernible taste differences in cheap vodka vs Grey Goose.
oB5D8 TIL that the widow of the filmmaker who produced the 1974 film "Gone in 60 Seconds" owns the copyright to any vehicle called "Eleanor." She viciously defends the copyright to this day, even suing Carroll Shelby, and a YouTuber, seizing his project car and requiring him to delete his videos.