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TIL the longest ever recorded sniper kill was shot from 2,475 meters or 1.54 miles away by British CoH Craig Harrison. The bullet took over 6 seconds to reach its target and fell about 400 feet.

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9o9Q TIL of “Gish Gallop”, a fallacious debate tactic of drowning your opponent in a flood of individually-weak arguments, that the opponent cannot possibly answer every falsehood in real time. It was named after “Duane Gish”, a prominent member of the creationist movement.
ANJj4 TIL Vincent van Gogh created around 2,100 artworks during his lifetime. This includes about 860 oil paintings and over 700 drawings. Despite his prolific output, he only gained widespread recognition and acclaim posthumously. Van Gogh’s artwork can be viewed on his official page.
8vJZ TIL That cigarettes (nicotine) are more addictive than cocaine, amphetamine pills, methadone, alcohol, and crystal meth. It is tied with crack cocaine for addictive qualities, and is only beaten out by heroin.
4XA6N TIL The title of "World's Greatest Athlete" has been given to the person who wins the decathlon. This began when King Gustav V of Sweden told Jim Thorpe, "You, sir, are the world's greatest athlete" after Thorpe won the decathlon at the Stockholm Olympics in 1912.
PXWO TIL that the main programmer responsible for writing and maintaining the GNU Privacy Guard (used by journalists and security professionals) almost went broke, but he received funding from Facebook, The Linux Foundation and Stripe after an internet article pointed out his dire financial situation.