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TIL it only takes the average person 10-20 minutes to fall asleep

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OGAr4 TIL that in 1998, a man named Smokey Nagata from Japan hit 197mph (315kph) in his 1000bhp gold-plated Toyota Supra on UK public roads. He was hit with just a 1-month driving suspension, £155 fine ($200), £35 in court fees, and a 10-year UK ban.
BrN8e TIL that in WWI trench guns were given to US soldiers skilled in trap shooting so they could shoot incoming grenades out of the air
p86jN TIL In 2009 a 70cm fish bit 6 tourists in Switzerland, sending 2 to hospital. Police divers harpooned the zander and offered it to the tourists as compensation.
Yp0Zx TIL that the past tense for the English word ‘dare’ is 'durst’
NXb8Q TIL it can rain diamonds in Uranus and Neptune