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TIL the fastest heartbeat ever recorded was 600 beats per minute

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gN0y TIL a girl who had half of her brain removed at age 8 grew up to earn a Master’s degree and become a speech pathologist
X0O7j TIL a coal power plant gives off at least ten times more radiation than a nuclear power plant due to the elements in the ash.
OMJa TIL Only four countries have no national law mandating paid time off for new parents: Liberia, Papua New Guinea, Swaziland, and the United States.
ne7yB TIL 97% of French Cognac is exported to the USA, where the majority of consumers are African-American. WWII soldiers stationed in France returned to America with a taste for it - and by the 50s, Cognac companies marketed directly to the Black middle and upper classes through Jet and Ebony magazine.
grPZA TIL the Danube is the river that passes through most countries in the world, crossing ten countries (Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova and Ukraine).