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TIL The Doomsday Clock is currently closer to midnight than any other time in history since its inception.

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OGY1e TIL Al Capone was only 33 when he was locked away for tax evasion and developed neurosyphilis, leading to his death at 48. Eliot Ness was 27 when he formed the Untouchables--he died in a state of financial ruin in his 50s, likely hastened by his heavy drinking in his later life
nDQG TIL the state of Ohio gives out different colored license plates for those convicted of DUI
X1Qr TIL Twenty years ago 29,000 rubber ducks fell overboard and they still float around the seas.
XEvwk [TIL] Ernest Shackleton, captain of Endurance, became trapped in pack ice and the ship was crushed on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914–1917. The crew escaped by camping on the sea ice for 2 years until it disintegrated, then launched the lifeboats to reach Elephant Island, 720 m away.
Wp6d TIL the difference between a consonant and a vowel (not letters). Vowels are vowels because they have no blockage from the tongue. Consonants do.