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TIL that in fact you can film the speed of light!

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VMQak TIL China has some of the lowest percentages of voluntary organ donors but some of the shortest waiting times for organs because they harvest organs from political prisoners, the marginalized, and executed prisoners.
gMwBX TIL The discovery of tomato plant on Surtsey in 1969 troubled scientists, since the volcanic island had only formed a few years earlier and thus had no life except the scientists who studied it. The mystery was solved when a scientist discovered traces of human feces near the plant: his own poo
NXZ0e TIL about Abebe Bikila, an Ethiopian marathon runner. He not only set a new Guinness world record on 2 occasions (at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics) but is also the current record holder for Fastest Barefoot Marathon run.
v1vZ4 TIL that cocktails such as Rum and Coke and Jack and Coke, use Coke, not Pepsi, because of the popularity of a song called “Rum and Coca-Cola.” Pepsi offered to pay to rename the song, but was outbid. It became the second-highest grossing song of the 1940s, behind "White Christmas."
8a5E8 TIL that Lions once roamed in Southern Europe, mainly Ancient Greece, the Balkans and southern Russia.