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TIL that Saturn could theoretically float in water because its density is lower than water.

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Br1Bx TIL Fasting was used as a method of protesting injustice in pre-Christian Ireland, and had specific rules by which it could be used. It was often done on doorsteps, possibly because allowing a person to die at one’s doorstep, for a wrong of which one was accused, was considered a great dishonour.
DQJpV TIL that anyone can download and see the data of every single MOT (safety checks for cars) ever done in the United Kingdom
VMpQQ TIL Genghis Khan had the largest number of children in histroy at an all time high of 1000-2000 children
dPW8 TIL: The Secret of NIMH was inspired by a real experiment with rats at the National Institute of Mental Health which suggests society will always collapse when it gets too big.
YpQ9Z TIL in 2012 the "average" car sold in the UK was a 5-year-old Vauxhall Corsa with 57,000 miles on the clock.