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jNk8p TIL if you are being questioned by authorities in the US and you choose to remain silent in response to a specific question, that silence may itself be construed as evidence of guilt, unless you specifically state that you're invoking your right to remain silent under the 5th Amendment.
dDkkB TIL the Ironclad, warships constructed from iron or steel which replaced the Ship of the Line, were first used in combat in 1862 during the US Civil War
l7vyB TIL of the University of Bologna, the oldest in the Western World. A public university established in 1088, it's never been out of operation and counts over 80k students.
8awE4 TIL that there is a Native American tribe of ultra runners known as the Rarámuri. They can run 200 miles non-stop, and play running games that can go on for up to two days without breaks. They use the toe strike method of running instead of the traditional heel-strike.
VBWD8 TIL of The Kardashev scale: A 1-4 scale method of ranking planetary civilizations based on how technologically advanced they are. On the scale, humans are currently at mere 0.73