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TIL of Tommy Cooper who died while performing on stage... while the audience laughed

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YPxP TIL that the Pagani Huayra, an Italian sports car, is held together by 1,200 titanium bolts that cost €96,000 ($129,820.80). Which is more than the cost of most complete cars.
9wN8p TIL the surface of the Straits of Gibraltar constantly flow east, from the Atlantic into the Mediterranean Sea.
XE6ME TIL steel doesn't need to melt to lose it's strength. At 50% of the melting temperature it already loses 90% structural integrity.
l7Yg7 TIL in the Battle of Tannenberg during WW1 where the Russians were so thoroughly defeated by Germany that their commanding general Alexander Samsonov committed suicide in shame. Russia lost over 50,000 soldiers.
NX5Q6 TIL that life expectancy has been dropping continuously for the last few decades