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TIL - In 1980, Libya overtook the United States in GDP per capita. This was the only time in history that an African country had ever done so.

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95lr TIL American Revolutionary War officer William Stacy escaped death by burning at the stake because he and his captor were both Freemasons. He also ice-skated thirty miles up a frozen river to warn his sons about a possible Native American attack when he was 56 years old.
KOXvE TIL that the Mythbusters once tested a combination of common materials that made an extremely powerful explosive. They deleted the tapes and swore to never release the information, then contacted DARPA and warned them about the possibility of misuse from the combination.
KOb04 TIL The rate that alcohol leaves the body is constant, regardless of gender, body type or size. It leaves at a rate of .015% per hour. If a person went to bed at 2 AM with a BAC of .20, it could take 15 hours to recover
e04Yn TIL in the 2002 Xbox game Steel Battalion, if your mech takes too much damage, the player needs to eject when prompted. If they don't, his character will die, and the game deletes their saved data, making them start from the beginning.
gml9 TIL that in 1986, the United Way released 1.5 million balloons in Cleveland as a world record attempt. The release caused two deaths, millions in damages, and untold environmental damage