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TIL that Skylab, the American space station of the 1970s, was initially stocked with 420 towels.

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nWBAY TIL that a cloud weighs around a million tonnes
wLNl8 TIL Potential Beginning of Life Simulated in Lab. Scientists at the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) have substantiated their theory that life could have begun deep in the Earth's crust. In their experiments, structures that were inanimate developed survival strategies within a short time.
EM5o TIL that as of April 12, 111 people have been justifiably killed by American police in 2015. Compared with the 55 killed by British police since 1990
R5elQ TIL about Boustrophedon - a style of writing in which alternate lines of writing are reversed, with letters also written in reverse, mirror-style.
OoGKe TIL roman emperor Diocletian retired in 305 AD to grow cabbages and tend to his vegetable gardens.