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TIL Eliot Ness was only 27 years old when he led the group of federal agents that helped take down Al Capone.

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BgB1r TIL the first mention of a double-nosed dog in the Amazon jungle was in 1913 by Percy Fawcet after an expedition there. But no one believed him & the dog remained a cryptozoological beast until the 2000s when John Blashford-Snell returned with photo evidence of the Double-Nosed Andean Tiger Hound.
neWJb In 1951, Henrietta Lacks, a poor woman with a middle-school education, made one of the greatest medical contributions ever. Her cells, taken from a cervical-cancer biopsy, became the first immortal human cell line—the cells reproduce infinitely in a lab. Although other immortal lines have since been established, Lacks's "HeLa" cells are the standard in labs around the world. Together they outweigh 100 Empire State Buildings and could circle the equator three times.
j6K4N TIL that the Neoplan Jumbocruiser was an articulated double-decker city coach that was produced between 1975-1992 and is in the Guinness World Records for being the world's largest bus (59 ft long, 13 ft high, and 8 ft 2 in wide) with a capacity for 170 passengers.
d8gME TIL that an area in North Africa of 45 km × 45 km could supply Germany with all of its electrical power through solar energy, an area of 110 km × 110 km could power the European Union, and an area of 254 km × 254 km could power the globe.
E1B1w TIL the famous song Singin' In The Rain was published in 1929 and sung by popular singers like Judy Garland and Dean Martin before becoming the centerpiece in the 1952 musical of the same name