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TIL that 1 in 8 people who have ever lived are alive today

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oRK9A TIL the nine largest metro systems are in China and six of them are less than 20 years old
xY55 TIL that Willie Nelson’s (ex) wife sewed him up in a sheet and beat him with a broomstick. His comment: “She was a very classy, ingenious, brilliant lady, and I was a problem at times.”
e9xn TIL Charles Steinmetz, the Wizard of Schenectady, listened to a problem generator for two days before marking a spot and telling engineers to replace sixteen windings from a field coil. He itemized the $10,000 invoice thusly: Marking spot - $1; Knowing where to mark - $9,999.
kO7g5 TIL in an experiment, an American Cockroach registered a record speed of 5.4 km/h (3.4 mph), about 50 body lengths per second, which would be comparable to a human running at 330 km/h (210 mph).
XeA6 TIL Starbucks spends more on health insurance for its employees than on coffee beans.