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TIL One out of every 21 New Yorkers is a millionaire

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E1JPP TIL not many people know about the largest bomb ever detonated. About 15x stronger than the nukes used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I'd like to introduce you all to the Tsar Bomba. King of bombs.
jNJNp TIL Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust" was used to train medical professionals to provide the right number of chest compressions per minute while performing CPR, due to its bassline having a tempo close to that recommended by the British Heart Foundation.
mxlPp TIL Roman citizens were entitled to free allotments of wine given to them by the state (skip to 20:20)
9gnM TIL that a Wisconson Govener has used the line item veto to remove the word “not” from a bill. Effectively passing the opposite of the original legislation.
wYGP TIL that South African and Swedish scientists have discovered that dung beetles navigate using the Milky Way, and that they are the first animals proven to use our galaxy for navigation.