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TIL, Breathing the Air in Mumbai for One Day During Diwali Equivalent to 113 Cigarettes

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naG7 TIL In 2011, a month after the Fukushima disaster, the FDA stopped testing Pacific fish for radiation.
8exxP TIL that in Maoiri folklore, in an attempt to give humans immortality, Maui died after turning into a worm and getting bitten in half by the teeth of a goddess' vagina
R7Dn4 TIL that only 55 people finished the first New York City Marathon (held in 1970), yet more than 52,000 runners finished the 2018 New York City Marathon: an increase of more than 94,000%.
wQg8 TIL the Tesla Model S’s roof is so strong it broke the testing machine used to crush car roofs.
njNP TIL that despite the extreme cold in Antartica, there is a portion of it at it’s center that has no ice. This is due to a “dry valley” instance where precipitation does not enter (and thus no ice is created).