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TIL There are flies that have evolved to lose their wings and cannot fly

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d8MNr TIL That 1 gram of activated charcoal has approximately 1,000 square meters of surface area.
ADvv7 TIL Isaac Singer, the inventor of the Singer Sewing machine had 24 children across the USA, UK and France. Six of these children came from a relationship with Isabella Eugenie Boyer, a 19 year old French woman that the Statue of Liberty was based on. He left $13m estate to his 20 surviving children.
kON9E TIL Garth Brooks holds the record for having the most diamond-certified records, having 9 of them - more than Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd put together.
Ow1e TIL there is a “No-Go Zone” in France as a result of WWI battles which littered the grounds with unexploded weapons and toxic chemicals
eDmJ TIL garbage collectors in NYC make $144,000/yr, up from $79,000 a decade ago.