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TIL Steve Irwin and Charles Darwin owned the same tortoise.

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8DDV TIL that pilots eat different meals to avoid food poisoning
ANw0n TIL Senator Mark Kelly (former astronaut) has an identical twin who confusingly also was an astronaut
loEQ1 TIL that “goodbye” derives from the 1570s saying “God be with ye.”
ERad TIL Researchers in Sweden developed a blood test that accurately detects cancer 96 percent of the time and classifies the type of cancer correctly 71 percent of the time.
bbBp TIL that in Finland, speeding ticket prices are calculated on the percentage of an individual’s income. This results in millionaires facing exorbitant fees. One such case occurred in 2002 when a Nokia executive was fined $103,000 for going 45mph in a 30mph zone on his motorbike.