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

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lwkG TIL that William McKinley was the first president to ride in an electric car - the ambulance that took him to the hospital after he was shot by an assassin.
KYgO9 TIL Antipodes are two spots on the Earth on the exact opposite sides from the planet's center. There is a group of islands in New Zealand called the Antipodes Islands because they are almost the exact antipode of London, England.
jNKrR TIL: Koshik, an elephant in a South Korean zoo, learned to imitate human speech by sticking its trunk in its mouth
pYvDA TIL Paddington 2, upon released in 2017 gained an approval rating of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, becoming the highest-rated film on the site until a single negative review was registered in 2021.
R7VV6 TIL of the murder of Henryk Siwiak. It's the only recorded homicide in New York on September the 11th, 2001, as the city does not include the deaths from the attacks in the official crime statistics; the murder remains unsolved.