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TIL that a steel bridge in India is being dangerously eroded by pedestrians spitting on it

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d6j8 TIL that Irene Triplett, an 84-year-old woman in North Carolina, still collects a monthly Civil War pension of $73.13 from the Department of Veterans Affairs. She is the last child of any Civil War veteran still on the VA benefits rolls.
Xbj6 TIL Google hires camels to capture “street view” in deserts
5mVB TIL The weight of insects eaten by spiders every year is greater than the total weight of the entire human population
ZBwG TIL Animal Planet made a fake documentary about the existence of mermaids… twice!
XEAZX TIL of The rule of Threes. You can survive three minutes of severe bleeding, without breathable air (unconsciousness generally occurs), or in icy water. You can survive three hours in extreme heat or cold. You can survive three days without drinkable water. You can survive three weeks without food.