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TIL: Some parts of Glasgow have a lower average life expectancy than that of Iraq

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j6GmQ TIL about the United States of Europe, a hypothetical scenario of European integration leading to the formation of a sovereign superstate (similar to the USA), organized as a federation of the member countries of the European Union (EU).
grnVb TIL: That during the Apollo 11 moon landing, Neil Armstrong was the only one operating the Hasselbad camera and almost all pictures he took were of Buzz Aldrin, NASA could only find 1 picture of Armstrong taken by Aldrin (who was busy with experiments) on that fateful day
awGxN TIL In the midst of the French Revolution in the 1790s, the French government adopted French Revolutionary Time, which divided the day into 10 hours, with 100 minutes in an hour and 100 seconds in a minute; it lasted all but 17 months.
Zpyxo TIL Burnaby, British Columbia announced a 100 year plan in 2019 to transform a large shopping mall into a downtown core with high rises, plazas, walkable streets
0G6M TIL Because Sharks have no rib cages, on land their weight can literally crush their own body.