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TIL: that ostrich meat is red meat unlike other poultry. It is closer too beef than it is chicken.

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v1QAD TIL of Paul Walker an American actor who was famous for his role as an illegal street car racer in the movie franchise Fast and Furious. In 2013 he ended up dying in a fiery car crash after having gone twice the posted speed limit in an area known for drifting cars.
Rar6 TIL sprint training for 60 minutes a week burns the same amount of body fat in men as jogging for seven hours a week
lo6m7 TIL a New York taxi driver once hit 240 consecutive green lights in a single drive around the city
BD1D TIL that following “Dunk-a-roos” being discontinued in the United States in 2012, General Mills in 2016 encouraged Canadians traveling to the United States to bring the snack to Americans who wanted it in a campaign called “Smugglaroos”, as the product still remains in production in Canada
VMkXm TIL of William Rankin, a fighter pilot who survived ejecting into a thunderstorm. He encountered very low temperature, frostbite, massive wind and lightning, severe decompression, and nearly drowned from breathing in rain water. Overall, he was in the cloud for more than 40 minutes.