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TIL France sent huge numbers of convicts to French Guinea until 1938, where 75-95% eventually died

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d8jYj TIL the most G force a person has survived was in the 2003 Chevy 500 when the car driven by Kenny Bräck made contact with Tomas Scheckter's car. This immediately resulted in Bräck's car impacting the catch fence that would record a peak of 214 g meaning he weighed 30000 lbs for a few seconds.
exr6 TIL The Six Californias Initiative seeks to divide California into six states. If it qualifies for the ballot and is approved by the state’s voters in November, the US Congress will officially divide California into six separate states.
9YjxD TIL that on 19 January 2021, it snowed in the Sahara Desert; this is the fourth time this has happened in the last 50 years (1979, 2016 and 2018)
AMa7 TIL that Giant Timber Bamboo only flowers roughly every 130 years, doing so as an entire species simultaneously around the world.
R5kb4 TIL Humans can run the world because they can cooperate both flexibly and in a large number.