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TIL that the decay of potassium in a typical banana will emit a positron (anti-matter equivalent of an electron) every 75 minutes or so

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KYG4G TIL 12-yr-old Francesca Lewis was the sole survivor of a plane crash against the side of a Panamanian volcano that killed the 3 other people on board: her friend, her friend's dad & the pilot. She spent 52 hours in the jungle alone, with no food & both her arm & neck fractured, before being rescued.
7orX TIL that the Parliament of Rwanda is the only governing body in the world where women outnumber men
9YbOQ TIL US you do not actually have the right to a trial by jury unless the sentence is greater than 6 months
WP89 TIL in 1830 to keep horse-drawn wagons and loiterers out of his alley, John Hollensbury removed the alley by building a tiny 7 foot wide 325 square foot townhouse. The house, located in Old Town Alexandria VA, is commonly referred to as The Spite House.
BrG8e TIL that the character of Captain Ron, played by Kurt Russell, in the 1992 comedy of the same name was based off a real Captain Ron and trip the screenplay writer took with his family from Florida to Texas in 1969.