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TIL The Earth gets about one pound heavier every second due to absorbing meteoroids and other space debris

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VM4bk TIL the first gladiatorial game of Ancient Rome was held in the city's cattle market in 264 BCE, where funeral celebrations for a former consul included combat between six war captives. Initially competitions of courage to honor the dead, gladiator matches were not publicly sponsored for 160 years.
659J TIL that Swedish diplomat Folke Bernadotte secured the release of over 30,000 prisoners from Nazi concentration camps only to be assassinated by Israeli terrorists
rK4 TIL that until 1987 all media stations were legally required to provide fair and balanced coverage to controversial issues
W708L TIL june 7, 1917 British sappers blew up German positions. The noise of this explosion is considered the loudest man-made sound of the pre-nuclear era. In 30 seconds, explosions killed 10,000 German soldiers and destroyed two lines of trenches.
b6E5Z TIL snails and slugs shoot arrow-like "love darts" during mating, often impaling each other.