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TIL that Snoop Dogg is only a year older than Eminem

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kJW5B TIL passenger train car windows are subjected to ballistic testing involving a .22 fired at the window pannels
GAD91 TIL that Aimo Allan Koivunen was a Finnish soldier in the Continuation War and the first documented case of a soldier overdosing on methamphetamine during combat. He escaped Soviet forces, was injured by a land mine, and stayed in a ditch for a week, after having skied more than 400 km (248.5 mi).
epa9E TIL that Tour de France cyclists can eat up to 8000 calories per day averaging around 5000 daily. Three weeks, 21 stages, 3,351km, 176 cyclists and a combined burn of 25 million calories.
LNw9 TIL In 1883 a bullet meant for Henry Ziegland hit a tree behind him. All was well until 20 years later when Henry decided to dynamite said tree, causing the bullet to fly into his head and kill him.
ZG9v TIL that the Galileo probe experienced 230g of decceleration when entering Jupiters atmosphere, equivalent to a change in velocity from 5000mph to 0 in one second.