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TIL the fastest heartbeat ever recorded was 600 beats per minute

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gr8v7 TIL: Of the Battle Of Athens, Tennessee in 1946. The Battle of Athens (sometimes called the McMinn County War) was a rebellion led by citizens in Athens and Etowah, Tennessee, United States, against the local government in August 1946. The citizens, including some World War II veterans, accused ...
E1rVo TIL that New York City has a genetically diverse rat population. 'Uptown' rats are different from 'Downtown' rats, and every neighborhood has their own distinct rats.
dDkdr TIL the city of Atlanta, GA is named after the Western & Atlantic railroad line
4Xyga TIL UFC1 had no weight classes and just 3 rules - no biting, eye gouging, or groin shots. There was no time limit and the winner, Royce Gracie, had to fight 3 guys in the same day on November 12, 1993, to win.
Wex8 TIL that a double rod pendulum creates totally unpredictable trajectories, due to the ‘chaos theory’.