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TIL that people born in a public transport vehicle are entitled to free travel until they die in Warsaw, Poland

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ML9B TIL that if the man rationing the rum on a ship was suspected of cheating would be challenged to mix the rum with gunpowder. rum that was not watered down and was “over proof”, would still allow the power to ignite, coining the term.
NXkDP TIL that the world’s oldest known living organism is a grove of quaking aspen trees in Utah named "Pando." It’s estimated to be over 80,000 years old and weighs around 6,000 tons.
rlK1 TIL that Bernard Waldman flew on the atomic bombing of Hiroshima to record the explosion, but he forgot to open the camera shutter and therefore recorded nothing.
v1D TIL that Oprah was pregnant at 14 years old
x6Qr5 TIL that 47% of Project 2025 has been implement so far, according to the Project 2025 tracker