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TIL Chuck Norris facts used to be Vin Diesel facts. "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" helped usher in the change by playing clips from Walker Texas Ranger on the show.

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dDA5d TIL Facebook has more monthly active users as of October 2022 (2.96 billion) than the entire population of Earth in 1958 (2.92 billion)
5p0p TIL wheeltappers used to use long-handled hammers to physically tap the wheels of trains, determining from the ringing sound if they were cracked or not.
yVORl TIL of the 300 club. The 300 Club is a small number of individuals who have endured a temperature difference of 300 °F (167 °C) within minutes. Ohh and they do it nude!
M75kB TIL that India’s Lonar Lake was formed by a meteorite impact into basalt rock, making it one of the few such craters on Earth and not a volcano as often assumed.
JoQv TIL that “Fancy Ketchup” has a better color, consistency and flavor, has fewer specks and particles, and less separation of the contents than just plain old ketchup