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TIL There are no longer any Safeways, Walmarts, or chain grocery stores in the city of Detroit

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w5YY TIL that over 56% of the world’s coastline is in Canada
0OXj TIL that the term “it ain’t over til’ the fat lady sings” originally references the conclusion of a lengthy epic four part opera called Der Ring des Nibelungen; in which, the “fat lady” or Valkyrie Brünnhilde sings for about 20 minutes, signaling the end the nearly 16 hour saga.
RkQ1 TIL that there is a belief that a person only needs water, air, and light to live. It is called a breatharian.
X09Lr TIL in 2001 a 6-year-old boy died during an MRI exam when the machine's magnetic field jerked a metal oxygen tank across the room, fracturing his skull and injuring his brain. The child was under sedation at the time of the accident.
KOaV6 The Pope can not donate his organs as his body belongs to the church.