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TIL to just be allowed to try out for the US Olympic team for running the marathon, you have to run a marathon in under 2 hours and 19 minutes. That is the same thing as running 26 miles where each mile is done in around 5 minutes and 18 seconds.

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p848N TIL the inventor and promoter of leaded petrol, Thomas Midgley Jr, went on to also invent Freon - the first chloroflurocarbon. His last invention, a pully system to help him get out of bed while suffering polio, tangled up one day and strangled him.
8Am8 TIL : Iran was set to be a democracy, but the US and UK joined forces to return Iran to an absolute monarchy. All for a UK corporation’s best interests.
K81w TIL The Leaning Tower of Pisa was once a Nazi observation post. The allies did not air strike it because of its beauty.
5m4D TIL that coffee makes the end of your intestine start contracting, like your prepping for poop even if you have none. That why so many people want to poop after!
Z8DAQ TIL that the rocket Saturn V produced enough sound to melt concrete nearby and set grass aflame a mile away