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TIL there is a town in Arizona called Nothing, and nobody lives in it

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MyWB TIL that rust can easily be removed from chrome with aluminum foil and water and works because of metal hardness levels.
Eg9xw TIL World Snail Racing Championships was held from 2008 to 2019. The 2019 champion, Sammy the snail, covered the 13 inch course in 2 mins 38 secs.
nWkQP TIL Bach liked to sneak his name into his music
GxE5 TIL Roman Emperor Commodus was known to fight exotic animals in the arena, often to the horror of the Roman people. He once killed 100 lions in a single day. For each appearance in the arena, he charged a million sesterces, straining the Roman economy.
j6QKR TIL that human bones are about five times stronger than steel of the same density ! Despite being lightweight, human bones have a compressive strength of about 170 megapascals stronger than many types of steel. The femur, in particular, can support 30 times the weight of a human body.