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TIL for each meth lab discovered in California, about 80 are discovered in Indiana

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8ajE4 TIL the "Tarpeian Rock" is a cliff, some distance higher at 80 feet in Roman times, that was used by the Roman public to execute criminals and perceived traitors for over 300 years
Vmr0 TIL that out of 1.086 million high school football players, only 70,147 begin a college football career, out of which only 6500 get scouted by the NFL, 350 get invited to the combine, 256 get drafted and only 150 (0.01%) last at least four years in the NFL.
5VXDD TIL The Great auk (Pinguinus impennis) was a flightless black and white birds found around the North Atlantic. As explores went south the found birds that resembled the Great auk and named them penguins too, but they are actually unrelated.
wop0Y TIL Robin Williams didn't suffer from just depression, depression is a symptom of a rare disease called Lewy body Dementia.
oAPA TIL Andrew Zimmern of Bizarre Foods was once homeless in NYC and would steal purses to afford his drug habit.