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TIL, coyotes are actually twice as fast as roadrunners.

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1LwX TIL During Ancient Olympics prostitute could make as much as money in five days during the Olympics as she would in the rest of the year.
evY5 TIL that Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro are the only two actors to win an Oscar for playing the same character. The first played Vito Corleone in The Godfather; the second played Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II.
loKmN TIL there have been 32 ‘Broken Arrow’ or missing Nuclear Weapon alerts by the United States alone with 6 Nuclear Weapons still unaccounted for.
6EJLQ TIL that Queen Victoria's coronation was beset with problems. The coronation ring was painfully forced on to the wrong finger, an elderly Lord fell down the stairs while paying homage to her, and a confused bishop wrongly told her that the ceremony was over.
OgYe TIL that banks are earning huge profits from betting on food prices. This drives up global food prices, forcing millions around the world into deeper poverty and hunger.