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TIL that Maya cities had high levels of mercury, which may have led to their abandonment.

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M7gPK TIL that a Prius once recorded 698 mpg while going at an average speed of 60 km/h or 37 mph
eppOn TIL: Cigarettes were created with the idea of "a woman's cigar" in mind since cigars were considered unladylike. Hence the -ette at the end of the word "cigarette".
e0DkL TIL that the legless Artic Explorer Peter Freuchen, who was a member of the Danish resistance during WW2, openly claimed to be Jewish whenever he witnessed anti-semitism, he was imprisoned by the Germans for this reason and was sentenced to death but he managed to escape and flee to Sweden.
8gyP TIL In Greece’s fight for independence, a Turkish garrison in Acropolis was besieged by Greek fighters. When the Turks ran low on bullets, they began to cut the marble columns to use the lead within as bullets. The Greeks sent them ammunition saying: “Here are bullets, don’t touch the columns.”
mxZMo TIL that approximately 1.6 million people of Japanese descent live Brazil. The largest Japanese population outside of Japan.