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TIL that, on average, 2 NCAA football players die every season, mostly due to strenuous preseason training

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LQbZP TIL that the first email was sent by Ray Tomlinson in 1971. He was also the first to use the @ symbol in email addresses, which is still used today to separate the username from the computer name!
xMjD TIL of “SLAM”, a cancelled nuclear ramjet missle that could carry up to 16 thermonuclear warheads, travel for months nonstop, spew radiation wherever it went, and flew at tree top levels, killing anyone it would fly over
7jMr TIL that although 98% of scientists say they believe that humans evolved over time, just 66% of Americans believe the same.
R7oD7 TIL Gaze following is instinctual for many animals—including humans, chimps, dogs, goats, dolphins, and even the red-footed tortoise. Dogs glance back and forth between human and where the human is looking. The behavior, only seen before in humans and chimps, is called check backs or double looking.
BrmMr TIL that we are we living in an ice age that started approximately 3 million years ago.