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TIL that the Pentagon was designed in a way that makes it possible to go from any one point to another within seven minutes.

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dDWAK TIL Turkmenistan banned non-white cars
5VDDr TIL a 2017 survey of 1,000 Americans regarding bacon found that 21% said that if they had a choice, they would eat it every day for the rest of their lives & 16% said they couldn't live without it. Only 4% said they did not like bacon.
XRgP TIL of the Phantom Time Hypothesis, which claims that the events of c. 600-900 AD actually happened concurrently, not over the course of 300 years, meaning that the correct current year in the Anno Domini dating system would actually be closer to 1716.
W74J9 TIL Abraham Lincoln nicknamed his fourth son "Tad" because he had a large head, a small body, and, as an infant, he wiggled like a tadpole.
mxOrO TIL about Snuggles who is a mouse that ate heroin left on a table. Overdosing on the heroin, Snuggles the mouse was unresponsive and barely breathing when brought into an overdose prevention site in Vancouver B.C. Volunteers at the site administered Narcan and was able to save Snuggles's life.