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TIL some slang words and phrases commonly used in the UK today originated 100 years ago in the trenches of WWI.

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XEQP TIL through listed accounts in the Bible, God killed a total of 2,552,452 people.
wLxeJ TIL that every day the average human heart pumps over 1800 gallons of blood through veins and other vessels
PYAOZ TIL about the "flow state", a state your brain enters when you're completely absorbed in an activity that makes you forget about time.
e0P0b TIL Amtrak trains that are running on time stop in their tracks during fall daylight savings time and wait an hour before resuming. For spring forward, the trains automatically fall behind schedule at 2 a.m. and just have to do their best to make up the time
l70BB TIL that The Animals’ frontman Eric Burdon claimed he inspired the Beatles' line "I am the Eggman" after telling John Lennon about a sexual experience he had with his girlfriend involving a raw egg