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TIL that the entire world population could fit inside Los Angeles if each one of us stood shoulder to shoulder.

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rQAy TIL in 2007, a 17 year old visiting the San Francisco Zoo provoked a Tiger enough that it leapt from its confinement and killed him
BrVJr TIL the word "hello" was only first published in 1827, and was used as a greeting following the invention of the telephone, after beating out Alexander Graham Bell's preferred greeting, "ahoy"
11eX TIL there is a mosquito used in biological pest control because its young eat other mosquito larvae. It is called the Elephant mosquito due to its size, and the adults feed on nectar, not blood.
BWby TIL that the largest gun built in World War 1 could fire a shell into the stratosphere.
yQAVe TIL that AI agents play hide and seek in a virtual world, continuously learning, adapting and improving.