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TIL that virtually all gold mined on the Earth was left behind by meteorite impacts.

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DQGmV TIL about St. Bartholomew who was flayed alive. He is the patron saint of tanners, leatherworkers, and butchers.
omQA TIL that the Lincoln Town car is the last US luxury car to still use body-on-frame construction, as opposed to a unibody frame, which allows it to be easily lengthened, explaining the car’s full domination of the limousine market
eNvL TIL that Apes who have been trained to use sign-language have so far failed to ever ask a single question.
kOa54 TIL that in 1917 a French cargo ship full of high explosives exploded in Halifax Harbour. The explosion was so powerful that an 1100 lbs anchor shaft launched in the explosion flew over the entire town and landed in a field 4 kilometres away.
P179w TIL India has the 3rd largest Muslim population, nearly as large (86%) as that of Pakistan, and more than twice the Muslim population of Iran.