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TIL A woman has failed her driving test 771 times.

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xVQow TIL Sorry!, Trouble, Ludo, and Parcheesi are all western versions of an old Indian game, Pachisi, that was first played in the 4th century
VM5OG TIL Einstein’s theory of special relativity explains why a star can burn for billions of years without running out of fuel. If you can measure potential energy by multiplying mass by the speed of light squared, that means an average adult stores 30 large hydrogen bomb explosions worth of energy.
Wkxm8 TIL the towns of Boring, USA, Dull, Scotland, and Bland, Australia Teamed Up to Create the League of Extraordinary Communities.
nr1W TIL Elephants are Evolving to Lose Their Tusks to Avoid Poachers
7rdEr TIL about the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, built on the site of "S-21," one of at least 150 torture and execution centers established by the Khmer Rouge. Of the estimated 20,000 people who were imprisoned at Tuol Sleng, there are only twelve known survivors.