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Oo051 TIL if a zombie outbreak is to ever hit the United States, Alaska would have a high human survival rate, due to several factors including fewest people per square mile, being 2nd highest of gun owners per capita, and 7th in percentage of the population that is physically active.
RJY7 TIL: Benjamin Franklin inadvertently electrocuted himself while attempting to kill a Turkey.
yRl8 TIL There are 30 kilometres of tunnel underneath downtown Toronto, connecting shops, subway stations and restaurants so people do not need to go outside into the heat and snow
P17PV TIL The word "man" was originally gender-neutral, hence "one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind". In Old English "wæpman" = male, "wifman" = female, "man" = gender-neutral
W7VQ4 TIL that sandhill cranes have one of the longest fossil histories of any extant bird. The oldest confirmed sandhill crane fossil is 2.5 million years old, while most living species of birds date back to less than 1.8 million years.