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TIL that the beer Colt 45 was named in honor of Baltimore Colts’ running back Jerry Hill (who wore #45) and NOT the handgun.

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b60l9 TIL that, even 35 years after the disaster, Chernobyl will be habitable again in about 20,000 years. Visiting is now considered safe, but there are still risks associated with touring due to the structural instability of the ruins.
Zpll4 TIL: The 34 yr-long Lenski Experiment has studied over 75,000 generations of E.coli since 1988 to understand evolution.
RA77 TIL that in 1986, when a five year old boy fell into a gorilla enclosure and lost consciousness, a gorilla named Jambo stood between the boy and the other gorillas in a protective gesture, he even stroke the boys back. This incident helped create a positive public perception of gorillas.
VX88 TIL a cotton ball soaked in super glue will spontaneously combust.
OXYL TIL 95-year-old Li Xiufeng spent 6 days inside a coffin after her neighbour assumed that she had died in her sleep after failing to wake her up. On the day before her funeral, her neighbors were stunned when they saw that the coffin was empty. Afterwards, they found her in her kitchen cooking.