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TIL Some biochemical reactions in human cells would take up to 1 trillion years to complete naturally — about 100 times longer than the lifetime of the universe. Enzymes perform these reactions in 10 milliseconds.

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kJwNe TIL Hong Kong was attacked by Japan the same day as their attack on Pearl Harbor.
e0G6k TIL nearly a quarter of your bones are in your feet.
GAngG TIL that the 97-kilogram Welcome Stranger, the biggest gold nugget ever found, wasn't discovered deep beneath the earth in a mine, it was only 3 cm below the surface.
YpvL7 TIL that Richard Branson once drove a tank to times square and rolled over three tonnes of coca cola cans and shot a coca cola sign to advertise virgin cola, his own drink.
KYEnG TIL: In a month, we ingest the weight of a 4x2 Lego brick in plastic, and in a year, the amount of plastic in a fireman's helmet. Over a lifetime, we consume about 20 kg (44 lb) of microplastic.