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TIL: Over the whole Twilight series, there has been 24 minutes of just staring.

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Ambw TIL India was attacked on 7/11. Bombs were set off on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai, 209 people were killed and over 700 were injured.
Brl6L TIL The formal clothing of the Roman Citizen was the Toga. During Roman elections, those running for political office would rub their Toga with a dazzling white chalk to stand out. Called Toga Candida (pure-white) this clothing was the origin of the word "candidate".
wLbeY TIL Human sperm doesn’t wiggle as previously thought, it spins like a “playful otter”
xVMk0 TIL that the Galil ARM features a bottle opener on the front handguard, as magazines were being damaged by being used to open bottles.
x69kw TIL Americans have worse dental health than the British.