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TIL that hot dogs are responsible for majority of toddler choking deaths. The hot dog has just the right size and consistency to perfectly block the airway.

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QNXga TIL researchers testing the Infinite Monkey theorem: Not only did the monkeys produce nothing but five total pages largely consisting of the letter "S", the lead male began striking the keyboard with a stone, and other monkeys followed by urinating and defecating on the machine
69dZl TIL The earth's circumference is roughly 40,000km because the metre was based off the circumference of earth. The metre was originally a ten-millionth of the distance from the North Pole to the equator, 1/4th of the circumference. Now a metre is defined by the travel of light in caesium frequencies
Wg14 TIL not a single black artist had a Billboard No.1 single in 2013 - the first time this has happened in 55 years.
9wMe6 TIL "steep learning curve" is used incorrectly, it actually means something is easy to learn. Something hard to learn has a flat learning curve
vK8 TIL that during the Ancient Olympic Games, a truce was observed. During this time, armies could not enter Olympia, wars were suspended and legal disputes were forbidden.