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TIL in terms of endurance, there is no living animal that can beat a human; basic human biology makes humans the ultimate runners

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6XA7 TIL That if you live in a family with an income of around $75,000 you are richer than 95% of the planet and 99.99% of anyone who has ever lived.
5Y1lQ TIL Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) is both the most expensive European and independent film ever made.
EgmQp TIL after a causeway was constructed in 1959, the northern half of the Great Salt Lake in Utah turned red. A red-colored bacteria called halophilic bacteria flourishes in areas with high salinity, and the region north of the causeway is no longer fed by freshwater.
8alnG TIL that in 1981 Ken Rex McElroy was murdered in broad daylight with 40 witnessess yet the murder was never solved
8emnV TIL in 1199, Albert of Buxhoeveden was appointed Bishop of Livonia, where Estonia and Latvia are today. With the support of Pope Innocent III, he embarked in 1200 with 23 ships and over 1,500 crusaders to help convert the pagan Baltic peoples to Christianity.