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TIL: Contrary to the portrayal in the Looney Tunes cartoon, in real life coyotes far outpace roadrunners. Coyotes can reach speeds of up to 43 mph, while roadrunners top out at 20 mph.

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ADnmx TIL: Prince Edward, youngest son of Elizabeth II, was made Earl of Wessex on his wedding in 1999. He wanted that title, which hadn't existed for centuries, because he liked Colin Firth's character Lord Wessex in "Shakespeare in Love"
wLmDP TIL on Nov. 26, 1977 a television station in southern England had their broadcast hijacked by an entity referring to itself as Vrillon of the Ashtar Galactic Command who disrupted regular programming to give a six-minute message about humanity's future. The mystery has never been solved.
wLLEE TIL The world's deepest postbox is in Susami Bay in Japan. It's 10 metres underwater.
dldr TIL 30% of the air pollution in California is from Asia
O14X TIL that the number of people that die from the burning of fossil fuels and coal each YEAR is greater than the number of people that have EVER died as a result of nuclear power.