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TIL that Coelacanths were thought to be extinct since the cretaceous period, yet they were discovered alive in 1938

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VBAoD TIL about Leon Trotsky’s grandson who lived to survive Stalin regimes assassination attempts and ran a museum dedicated to his grandfather in Mexico
8ebeG TIL People typically fart about 13 to 21 times a day, amounting to ½ to 1½ quarts (0.5 to 1.5 liters), and some people fart more or less often.
p8MDO TIL alcohol companies don't have to display nutrition information on their products in the USA because they aren't regulated by the FDA. Instead, they're regulated by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.
rNLP1 TIL of Wilfred Stamp, who has the record for the shortest length of time holding a peerage. He and his father were killed by the same bomb during The Blitz, and due to how Britain treats simultaneous deaths, his father was considered to have died first. The family paid inheritance taxes twice.
6Rmm TIL that the Zildjian, the cymbal company, is one of the oldest companies in the world (nearly 400 years old). The company began when Avedis Zildjian, an alchemist, was looking for ways to turn base metals into gold.