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TIL that the entirety of the world’s population(6.7 billion in 2011) would be able to fit into a city the size of Texas if the population density was the same as New York.

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XEpXP TIL that a 50 year old woman, Violet Gibson, attempted to assassinate Mussolini in 1927. She fired a gun once, but Mussolini moved his head and the shot hit his nose; she tried again, but the gun misfired. She was almost lynched by the crowd but was rescued by police and taken away for questioning.
O9pY TIL When DuPont invented nylon in 1940, the first stockings manufactured were so good that DuPont chemists had to work on a weaker nylon that would enable runs on stockings and please the manufacturers.
M7BXV TIL that Queen Victoria was the shortest of all British monarchs with height of only 1.52 m
Ryr4 TIL that hard disks are so sensitive to vibration, that just screaming at them diminishes their performance
xV067 TIL Hops come from the same genetic family as Marijuana - Cannabaceae