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TIL Forty Is The Only Number With Its Letters In Alphabetical Order

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pJOe TIL that if the 2005 Tour De France championship had to be given to the fastest finisher not accused of doping, it would have to go to the guy who came in 23rd, Swiss Leonardo Piepoli.
N8MJ TIL that the deepest layer of the ocean, the hadopelagic zone, is named after the realm of Hades, the Greek underworld. This ranges from 6000m (3.7 miles) deep, down to the very lowest reaches. Populations are sparsest here, and are believed to be sustained by marine snow and thermal vents.
1B9d TIL before World War I, most people did not have or need an identity document.
GjvG TIL A 512-bit CPU would be capable of addressing more bytes than there are fundamental particles in the observable universe.
9Pem TIL the UK has 1% of the world’s population but 20% of its CCTV cameras - one for every 14 people