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TIL that a popular brand of stage blood is actually mint-flavored.

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v1B04 TIL about a 3,100-mile ultramarathon that takes place around a single Queens NYC block. Runners have 52 days to run the route 5,649 times during which many experience out-of-body hallucinations. Only 43 people have ever finished.
Wk6wA TIL It is estimated that trillions of oysters once surrounded New York City, filtering bacteria and acting as a natural buffer against storm surges.
DQwJJ TIL only 8 people have been killed by bears in Yellowstone national park, out of 118 million visitors. Other deaths include drowning (125 incidents) and burns (after falling into hot springs, 23 incidents)
PQQO TIL during the Second World War, Rolex’s German founder let British POWs order any watch they liked, and then pay for it whenever they wanted to.
XNv6 TIL that in 2014 scientists created a mini penguin rover, or “trojan horse” to learn more about emperor penguins.