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TIL that on average, civilizations last 336 years

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l1ZN TIL that a movie was made in 1980 that was so graphic and realistic that the director was arrested on charges of making a snuff film.
Oolvg TIL In the 1950s the CIA made a fake sex tape featuring the president of Indonesia in an attempt to destroy his career.
AXMl TIL Subway is just as unhealthy as McDonalds, according to researchers at UCLA
dDy5B TIL in 2023 The Beatles 'final' song together, "Now and Then", became their 18th No. 1 single in the UK & the fastest-selling vinyl single of this century. In addition, it set the record for longest gap between No. 1 singles: 54 years. Their previous No. 1 was "The Ballad of John and Yoko" in 1969.
ADArw TIL in 2016, scientists discovered an Arctic Tern flew 59,650 miles in the course of a year, from an island off the coast of England to Antarctica, and then back again. It was the longest migration ever recorded—the equivalent of flying around the circumference of the Earth twice, plus 10,000 miles.