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TIL that scientists set a new record for the world’s hottest temperature - 7.2 trillion degrees Fahrenheit.

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XEGgP TIL that term 'patient zero' was coined by mistake during the 80's AIDS pandemic, when someone read Patient O (as in first recorded in US Outside California) wrongly
O56e TIL it is the tradition in Sri Lanka for children to throw their baby teeth onto the roof of their house in the presence of a squirrel.
WkDeo TIL there’s a 10,000 year old Stonehenge-like structure at the bottom of Lake Michigan that has a carving of a mastodon on it.
gJyb TIL that at its peak the Justinian Plague was reported to be killing 10,000 people in Constantinople daily.
wLBdo TIL most airlines don't allow the pilot and co-pilot to eat the same meal, so that in the case of food poisoning, one of them isn't affected