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TIL Sony sold more than 12 million 3.5 inch floppy disks… in 2009

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wdK8 TIL a man jumped from a burning plane at 18,000ft without a parachute and survived with a sprained leg. His crew-mates all chanced a crash landing and died.
8eKlG TIL that life expectancy at birth probably averaged only about 10 years for most of human history
e0bgE TIL "Mayday" comes from the French word "M'aidez" meaning "Help Me"
grPj4 TIL the world record in holding the breath is at 24 minutes 37.36 seconds.
WklMd TIL: Of the 23 stab wounds Julius Caesar received during his assassination, only one was actually fatal