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TIL that during the American War of Independence, the Americans who remained loyal to the British Government were also called "Tories," the same label that British Conservatives are named as today.

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Lk6Er TIL breathing the air in Mumbai for one day during Diwali is as good as smoking Two packs of cigarettes.
kKK4 TIL that Charles Bronson’s family was so poor that at one time he had to wear his sister’s dress to school for lack of clothing.
OoXgX TIL about "Benjaman Kyle": the only person ever placed on the FBI's Missing Persons page, even though his location was known. Kyle was found naked and injured in 2004 next to a Burger King dumpster in Georgia—and claimed to suffer from severe amnesia. His identity was eventually discovered in 2015.
nexPB TIL that not only would you need an infinite energy source to reach the speed of light, you would also need an infinite energy source to slow down from the speed of light once you were going that fast.
ADdd7 TIL 2000 US Olympic Greco-Roman Wrestling champ Rulon Gardner lost a toe due to frostbite after a snowmobile accident. The toe is kept in a bottle of formaldehyde. In his fridge.