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TIL that macadam highways were invented by Scottish engineer John Loudon McAdam

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W7E7X TIL the longest and most contentious election for the speaker of the U.S House of Representatives occurred during its 34th Congress (1855-1857). It lasted two months, took 133 ballots, and necessitated a rule change allowing for a simple plurality of members to select the speaker.
M7gg8 TIL that the first ever contestant voted out of survivor died of suicide a few weeks after leaving the show
8e9bK TIL - Your tonsils can grow back, multiple times during your life
oBb7E TIL Muhammad Ali could punch at 4/100 of a second, which is basically how quick you blink
QNALk TIL about Michel Siffre, who spend over two months in a cave (on more than one occasion) with no timekeeping devices of any kind in order to study how the human brain perceives time.