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TIL a nanometre is about as much as your nails grows, per second.

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ADjLl TIL of a con man in the early 1900s who made successful attempts to sell the Brooklyn Bridge (which he did not own).
4kgOa TIL “Bésame Mucho” (“Kiss Me a Lot”) was written in 1941 by Consuelo Velasquez, who was about 15 years old at the time, in bolero style. Inspired by the Nightingale Aria from the opera “Goyescas” by Enrique Granados, she said that she had never been kissed when she wrote the song.
b6DbN TIL the 1994 to 1998 North Korean Famine (AKA The Arduous March or March of Suffering) killed between 240,000 and 3.5 million people and lead to the terms "Hunger" and "Famine" being banned in NK Media
99GB TIL it’s illegal in California to hold a cell phone while driving & that the cell phone must be mounted on the windshield, dashboard, or center console in a manner that doesn’t hinder the driver’s view of road. Also the cell phone must be activated with a single swipe or tap of the driver’s finger.
VB7D8 TIL Osama bin Laden historically didnt have much luck with planes. His father died in a crash in 1967 and his brother died when he flew a plane into power lines in Texas.