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TIL that, if we could extend our lives indefinitely, humans would die at an average age of 1200 in accidents.

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6EVAQ TIL the phrase "Don't Mess with Texas" is actually the slogan of a no-littering campaign
M7L60 TIL about the Ghost Camaro, a 1979 Chevrolet Camaro driven in combat by Danish Special Forces officer Helge Meyer during the Bosnian War. The black Ghost Camaro was stealthily driven at night to deliver humanitarian supplies to civilians, going where white U.N. supply vehicles couldn’t safely go.
kOWjB TIL that the star Antares has a diameter around 700 times larger than our sun’s, which is approximately 6 times the distance from Earth to Mars and 2/3 of the distance to Saturn, while having a mass only 7 times larger than the mass of our sun
kONwm TIL that the Medici Family build a elevated walkway in Florence in 1565 just to avoid contact with the common people. They even connected it to their private lodge at the Felicica Church and moved the Ponte Vecchio meat market to avoid the smells.
neaQ7 TIL of the Haber–Bosch process developed in the 20th century - the process produces 450 million tonnes of nitrogen fertilizer per year now & has allowed to global population to grow from 1.6 billion in 1900 to 7 billion today