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TIL that a peace flame has been burning in Hiroshima since it was lit in 1964, and will remain lit until all nuclear bombs on the planet are destroyed and the planet is free from the threat of nuclear annihilation.

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vDNR TIL the average pencil holds enough graphite to draw a line about 35 miles long or to write roughly 45,000 words
7m1p TIL epidemiologists studied World of Warcraft’s unintentional “Corrupted Blood” plague as a virtual model of disease spread and populace reaction to deadly pandemic.
m1EVM TIL that the actor who played Sallah in the Indiana Jones movies is the same actor who played Gimli in the Hobbit/Lord of the Rings Trilogy
6EjR7 TIL Dolphins sleep with one eye open and one eye closed. This is because only half of their brain is asleep at a time.
epyRL TIL In central China, villagers used to consume dinosaur fossils as traditional medicine, believing they were the bones of ancient flying dragons with special healing powers for various illnesses.