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TIL Great Britain has invaded 90% of the world’s countries

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m1x9o TIL that the scoring system to determine whether limbs should be surgically reattached or fully amputated after an extremity injury is called MESS (Mangled Extremity Severity Score). Basically, the MESSier the injury, the more likely the scoring system is to recommend an amputation.
OoLXR TIL that the last known survivor of the 1906 San Fransisco Earthquake died in 2016.
b6BZ9 TIL - the RAV4 V6 model had the fastest 0-60 time (~6.5s) of all Toyota's from 2006-2013. It lost that title in 2013 because Toyota dropped the V6 option for the next generation RAV4.
GOa5 TIL of Frank Nelson Cole. At a 1903 meeting of the American Mathematical Society, Cole—while remaining completely silent—showed on a chalkboard an important new proof by, among other things, calculating 193,707,721 × 761,838,257,287 by hand. He sat down after an hour to a standing ovation.
J8jm TIL in the 1980’s, a black piano player single-handedly dismantled the Maryland KKK chapter and collected over 20 robes simply by talking and being a friendly guy.