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TIL during the Black Death life expectancy was only 17.33 years

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ANgd TIL there is a four man anti-poaching team permanently guarding a Northern White Rhino in Kenya
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Egbxo TIL there's a high speed train being built from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. Approximate complete date is 2028.
b9N57 TIL for the longest time (not anymore) the fastest man made object was a manhole cover blown into space in 1957 by the US with a nuclear bomb. They estimated approx. 125000 mp/h (200000 km/h). This would have had them zipping past Pluto around 1961.
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