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TIL The black diamonds on a tape measure, indicate the standard distance between wall studs.

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JYpnv TIL during the vajont disaster, a megatsunami created by a massive landslide that killed about 2000 people, was so strong, the wall of water pushed an air pocket more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb, so strong that people's clothes were blown off by the blast before the wave came
WkbRA TIL that the alchemist dream of transmuting lead into gold has actually been achieved
OLVL TIL A 17 year old high school football player who was black had a relationship with a 32 year old white crackhead prostitute in rural North Carolina. He was found hanging from a swing set, in a trailer park, in shoes he did not own, that did not fit, and it was ruled a suicide.
P1MyE TIL: "A Baby NEVER Breathes Inside A Womb" until it's Out. Inside the womb, baby gets oxygen from the mother through the placenta and umbilical cord. blood carries oxygen and other nutrients and returns waste back to the mother to be eliminated without the need for the baby to breathe air.
wLLEE TIL The world's deepest postbox is in Susami Bay in Japan. It's 10 metres underwater.