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P19bO TIL that farts travel at 10 ft/s (or 6.8 mph/3 km per hour), and a scientist who studies farts is called a flatologist
gDA TIL that in 1862, Greece held a referendum to elect a new king. The top 8 candidates were disqualified, throwing the election to a Danish prince with .00002% of the vote (just 6 votes). He and his descendants ruled Greece for 100 years.
8a9X4 TIL that while "Till" and "Until" mean the same thing, "Till" is not an abbreviation of "until". In fact "Till" is older than the word "Until", and writing the word as 'til is considered an error.
LQgGV TIL about Giulia Tofana, who helped over 600 women murder their husbands over a 50yr period during the 17th century Italian Renaissance. Her poisonous creation, called Aqua Tofana, was thought to have been laced with arsenic, lead, and belladonna and was sold mixed into cosmetics.
16lEr TIL The youngest person confirmed to have been hanged in England was Michael Hamond, aged just seven. He was hanged in King's Lynn, Norfolk, next to his sister Ann, who was 11 at the time.