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TIL The true size of Africa.

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KOVyG TIL that the Latin phrase "Contagium vivum fluidum" (contagious living fluid) was first used to describe viruses.
7QgP TIL In 1992, a man in Texas was sent to death row for murdering his kids by arson. He was executed by lethal injection in 2004. In 2009, through advances in technology, it was found that the fire was likely accidental. According to an expert, “There was no item of evidence that indicated arson.”
JYJOm TIL about Richard Wadani, an Austrian who deserted Nazi Germany's army and switched to the Allied side in World War Two
p8m5O TIL that a comet's tail points away from the sun, and don't indicate the direction it's moving
86WV TIL Malcolm X avoided military service after being declared “mentally disqualified” because he told draft board officials that he wanted to “steal us some guns, and kill us [some] crackers.”