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TIL that cricket used to be a very popular sport in America until the First World War

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6Ey07 TIL that In 2007s ghost rider the custom chopper cage rides was based upon the Easy Rider “Captain America” chop used by Peter Fonda who plays the devil Mephistopheles
p8Dp8 TIL about Teddy Houlston, the world's youngest organ donor. Born with a terminal condition, Teddy lived for only 100 minutes. Teddy's donated kidneys saved the life of an adult with renal failure.
LjDP TIL Saturn’s moon Titan has such a dense atmosphere(1.5Atm) and such a low gravity (0.138G) that if you strapped wings to your hands you could easily fly.
b96pZ TIL: That Sloths have been around for 64 million years
9wL5G TIL that the incorrect usage of an apostrophe in english for a plural noun (e.g. "burger's") is called a greengrocer's apostrophe.