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Til that Roman Emperor Nero is the most decorated Olympian. With 1,808 wins.

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l7X6a TIL that plastic waste has now formed new types of rocks (plastiglomerates, pyroplastics, and plastistones) in the most remote parts of the planet that will be part of the Anthropocene fossil record as evidence of the influence of humans
9YRWB TIL that snails leave behind dotted trails. I discovered this after observing a snail on my back porch which left its trail. After researching it; it turns out they lift up their bodies when they move. Slugs are the ones that leave lines.
W7KL TIL two people purchased backstage tickets to a Justin Bieber concert just to tell him his parents divorce was his fault. (Fact 71)
loB7G TIL British librarians ranked To Kill A Mockingbird ahead of the Bible as one "every adult should read before they die."
Axbd TIL human egg and sperm cells can be created from the skin cells of any two humans, regardless of gender, allowing for reproduction