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TIL that 60% of the geysers on Earth are in Yellowstone Park.

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WbP8 TIL that during the Russian famine of the 1920s, Government officials advised starving residents to dig up the dried bones of animals, grind them into flour and bake a “bread substitute [that has] a nutritive value of 25 per cent more than rye bread, in spite of its unpleasant smell and taste”.
Me1Z0 TIL that since the Queen of England has reigned for so long, 4/5 UK residents weren't alive when she ascended to the throne.
wlZM TIL that in 1974 a US soldier stole a helicopter and flew to the White House in Washington, D.C. As he hovered above the south grounds, the Executive Protective Service shot and injured him, forcing him to land. He only received a one-year prison sentence and $2,400 in fines.
5QR TIL that penicillin was so scarce and precious before 1944 that it was extracted from the patients’ urine to be re-used
8a65Z TIL A poll found that only two thirds of Americans aged 18 to 24 believed the world was round. This is partly due to a shift towards populism and distrust in the views of experts and mainstream media.