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TIL that the human body can survive up to 60 days without food provided it gets properly hydrated

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W7gko TIL Nikola Tesla claimed to have invented a death ray capable of destroying entire armies.
PYrOE TIL that the southern most point in Canada -- Middle Island -- is at latitude 41.7, just 33km (20 miles) north of the 42nd parallel, where California begins
KQvJ TIL: The word ‘Sideburns’, is derived from the name of Ambrose Burnside, A Union Army General, the 30th governor of Rhode Island, and a man of majestic facial hair.
d8gYr TIL in 1985 Led Zeppelin front man Robert Plant covered the 60s ballad "Sea of Love". It was put on the B-side of a Rocking At Midnight as a throwaway track, and when it went popular Plant feared his career was finished and he'd be remembered as a crooner of love songs.
965D TIL Harriet Tubman never lost a slave in 19 trips on the Underground Railroad. One of her secrets for not getting caught was drugging kids with opium to keep them from crying.