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TIL: The Hayflick limit is the number of times a normal human cell will divide before cell division stops.

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OG4P1 TIL Post Malone & Swae Lee’s ‘Sunflower’ song from the 2018 animated movie “Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse” became the first ever single to be certified as double diamond or 20x platinum in the US. On top of that, Post Malone has also the most diamond certified singles in RIAA history.
oXb7 TIL Belgrade has been razed to the ground 44 times.
Wk5DB TIL in 1968 Mao Zedong received a box of 40 mangoes from Pakistan. They were taken on a tour of China and became part of Chinese propaganda. A dentist that compared the mangoes to sweet potatoes in appearance was executed.
NXd1 TIL There was a dagger specifically for finishing off wounded knights. It’s called the misericorde, Latin for mercy.
vwWx TIL if people in the top 10% for alcohol consumption were to reduce their total consumption to that of the next lowest 10% group, alcohol sales would drop by 60% in the United States.