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TIL cooking has a million-year history

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6EG9w TIL There are no reported cases of runners dying of dehydration during marathons — but there are plenty of cases of runners dying from water intoxication.
nWevW TIL in the 1960s the US government dug a mile-deep hole in the ground and dropped a 40-kiloton atomic bomb in it, to release natural gas. It worked, but the gas was too radioactive to use, and the project was abandoned.
4XRGJ TIL that interracial marriage was technically illegal in Alabama until 2000 (although unenforceable due to Loving v Virginia). In the 2000 referendum, only 59% of people voted in favour of removing these anti-miscegenation clauses from the state constitution
W7RA9 TIL That Seahorses Lack A Stomach & Need To Constantly Eat To Stay Living
AmQg TIL the term ‘footage’ comes from films being measured in feet when being edited in the early days of film making.