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TIL the Human Eye is a 576 MP “Video Camera” with a Frame-Rate of 220 Frames Per Second

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pJOe TIL that if the 2005 Tour De France championship had to be given to the fastest finisher not accused of doping, it would have to go to the guy who came in 23rd, Swiss Leonardo Piepoli.
8eljZ TIL that newborn giant pandas are proportionally the smallest baby of any placental mammal, being about 1/800 the mother's weight
GYvPj TIL The "Am I Not A Man And A Brother?" Medallion was created in 1787 as part of antislavery campaign by Josiah Wedgwood, famed founder of the Wedgwood company.
Z8aRp TIL about Violet Hilton, a conjoined twin who suffered the gruesome fate of dying of the flu 2-4 days after her twin Daisy had already succumbed.
WJEY TIL Ronnie Gibbs, a 15 year old girl with a drug problem, was sentenced to (and is serving) life in prison without parole for having a miscarriage after trying to get clean