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TIL you can experimentally measure the speed of Light using marshmallows and a microwave.

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ObQe TIL from 2006 - 2010, excessive alcohol use led to approximately 88,000 deaths and 2.5 million years of potential life lost each year in the United States, shortening the lives of those who died by an average of 30 years.
Z8QxQ TIL Jerry Garcia had more than a dozen side bands, and after spending months on the road with the Grateful Dead he would immediately start another tour with other musicians so he could keep playing live music.
5bMP TIL an intersex athlete representing Poland won the 100 meter dash gold medal in the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles and her “sexually ambiguous genitalia” (due to a chromosomal disorder known as mosaicism) was not discovered until the autopsy following her 1980 murder in Cleveland.
w9pM TIL Robin Williams’ will prevents Disney from using his name, taped performances or voice recordings for 25 years after his death
ne4oW TIL, Till Lindemann the lead singer of Rammstein was shortlisted to go to 1980 Olympics in Moscow for freestyle swimming.