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TIL Women are faster than men in 'ultra' long distance races of over 195 miles

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mjvE TIL that the first successful production to synchronize sound, color and motion picture was produced by Jehovah’s Witnesses
VBJL4 TIL that in 2002, under Saddam Hussein's regime, Iraq reputedly held an election. Official Iraqi statistics said all 11.4 million registered voters voted to re-elect Saddam, with 0 voting for other candidates and 0 abstaining.
Bd1k TIL infants are born the ability to use logarithmic counting and if left unaltered never change to our system of 5 or 10 based integer method
rN4Qx TIL that the first use of an external defibrillator was on a 14-year-old boy in 1947. These early defibrillators used alternating current that was transformed from 110–240 volts available in the line, up to between 300 and 1000 volts, to the exposed heart by way of "paddle" type electrodes.
7Drp TIL there is a reservoir’ three times the volume of all the oceans towards Earths core