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TIL that Oxford University is older than the Aztec Civilization

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d8MyZ TIL Living above the third-floor drastically reduces your chances of surviving a cardiac arrest.
16WB4 TIL that artificial banana flavoring isn't based on a species of banana that got wiped out, but instead uses Isoamyl acetate to replicate the flavor, which is only part of what gives bananas their distinctive taste.
x6vvg TIL about Shani Shingnapur, an Indian village with no doors.
xVvbw TIL Eight "Sea Shepherd" activists were arrested in 1979 for violating the Seal Protection Act, for spraying a thousand seal pups with permanent red dye; rendering their pelts useless for hunters.
wLaWE TIL that there is a 2013 American independent, surrealist, psychological, horror film called "Escape From Tomorrow" that was largely filmed at Walk Disney World and Disneyland without permission from The Walt Disney Company