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TIL that cigarettes are the most littered items in the world.

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7r5vP TIL that the worst ship accident in all of history happened 255 BC when a roman fleet of 464 warships got into a storm befor Sicily. 100.000 men were lost.
oBNg8 TIL Cycling commuters have 41% lower risk of death from any cause, 52% lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease and 40% lower risk of dying from cancer
OoOEa TIL about the Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which protects all of the other human rights that aren't mentioned in the Constitution.
loVWa TIL Industrialist George Pullman was buried in a lead-lined mahogany coffin sealed in a subterranean reinforced concrete cube. After the national Pullman Strike failed, his family feared strikers would defile his gravesite in retaliation.
D1GDv TIL about the Bal des Ardents, or the Ball of the Burning Men, a masquerade ball in France in 1393. During the ball, four dancers burned alive when a spectator accidentally brought a torch and set their costumes on fire.