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TIL heat kills more people than hurricanes, tornadoes and floods combined.

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oBVvL TIL There is an island which changes sovereignty every 6 months. Less than 7000 sq metres, in a river on the Spain-France border, Pheasant Island is ceremonially exchanged between the two countries every February and July, according to a peace treaty which was signed on the island in 1659
APZw TIL a NFL game is 60 minutes by regulation, in total lasts 3 hours and 10 mins, and consists of ONLY 11 MINUTES of actual gameplay.
8exQ8 TIL about Turbonique, a company that marketed rocket and turbine engines to drag racers. In 1965, a VW Beetle fitted with a Turbonique TB-28 Drag Axle ran a 9.2 second quarter mile before going airborne at 183 mph.
YpMlB TIL The disturbing reality of Dr Asperger, the man who created the terms Aspergers Syndrome and High Functioning Autism. He was a Nazi doctor who sent many disabled children to their deaths.
YPev TIL that the “first Siamese twins” lived separate lives and would alternate every three days between their homes and families. They were only ¾ chinese.