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TIL The world’s fastest rodent can reach the speed of 37mph

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vjvB TIL That Archimedes developed an anti-ship weapon called the Claw of Archimedes. It lifted a ship by the prow then dropped it, often causing the vessel to capsize or at least severely damaging it.
Y7WXA TIL that Agatha Christie—1st recipient of the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award & "Best Writer of the Century" (Bouchercon World Mystery Conv.)—was criticized by Raymond Chandler, Julian Symons, and Edmund Wilson for being too artificial, banal, and superficial in her writings.
MWDA TIL English accounts for about 52% of the Internet
VNeZ TIL that the ruins of Teotihuacan outside of Mexico City predate the Aztecs by 1500 years, and are older than the Coliseum in Rome.
J5aV TIL In 2007 a Dutch reality show called “De Grote Organshow” pitted contestants in dire need of organ transplants against each other, resulting in outrage across the globe– only to reveal it was a hoax that highlighted a serious problem. Over 50,000 people then signed up for the organ donor’s list