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TIL the phrase "till death do us apart" originated when human life expectancy was about 43 years

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VBVZZ TIL that a comet smells like rotten eggs, urine, burning matches and almonds. Traces of hydrogen sulphide, ammonia, sulphur dioxide and hydrogen cyanide were all found in the makeup of the comet 67P/Churyumove-Gerasimenko. Promotional postcards were even commissioned in 2016 carrying the scent of it
nbxG TIL A woman was nearly killed after teens threw a 20 lbs frozen turkey through windshield of her moving car. When she woke from a coma with brain damage and a surgically reconstructed face, she pressed for leniency in the case, transforming the delinquent teen’s life. They still keep in touch today.
vQp7 TIL: In 2003 dodge built and sold nine motorcycles with a viper V-10 engine called the dodge tomahawk.
wLPpP TIL that from atop Telescope Peak in Death Valley, CA, one can see both the highest point (Mt Whitney) and the lowest point (Badwater Basin) in the Continental US.
kaJE TIL That aluminum used to be one of the most expensive metals in the world. Only the wealthiest ate with aluminum utensils, while lesser nobility ate with gold.