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rrmd TIL that the Six Flags amusement park’s flags are the six flags that have flown over Texas. Namely France, Spain, US, Republic of Texas, Mexico and the Confederate flags.
Y7pdx TIL there are 96 bags of human waste on the moon
GYXkQ TIL That Peru has a Hospital Ship STILL IN SERVICE that was built in 1862, and still runs on it's original stream engine that is fueled with dried llama dung.
LQveP TIL the world's heaviest free-roaming tortoise is an Aldabra giant tortoise named Esmeralda who weighs 670 pounds (304kg), lives on Bird Island, Seychelles & is thought to be as much as 170 years old. He was named by famous botanist/zoologist Lyall Watson.
v1QyK TIL in the song (Don't Fear) The Reaper, which in its lyrics claim 40,000 men and women die every day, is a very low estimate - in 1976 when the song was released, it was over 100,000 more than that daily.