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TIL that if you fall into lava you aren’t going to sink in it.

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kOeE5 TIL of 'kangaroo words', that is, a word that contains a synonym inside it, i.e MAscuLinE, BLOssOM, cHickEN or hoNOuraBLE.
LAdr TIL that Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire, is estimated to have had a population of 3-4 times that of London, in 1519
BgrPD TIL a drop of rain that fell in Lake Superior in the 1650s would be reaching the Atlantic Ocean about now.
j6KLp TIL that Chinese men cut off their queue (plait) as a symbol of revolution in the 19th century.
Br1L TIL Greeks work 48% more hours than Germans