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TIL Teddy Roosevelt drank a gallon of coffee every day

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5V0Yp TIL the popular fact "your blood vessels put together is long enough to go around the Earth 2.5 times (100,000 kms)" is false, as the numbers used by the first scientist to study this were way off. The actual length is only around 9000-19000 kms based on an updated study.
b67lQ TIL: a train traveling from west to east is lighter than traveling from east to west thanks to the Eötvös effect
Ba1y TIL Pyongyang Media Reported that Kim Jung-il Shot An Amazing 11 Holes-in-One to Achieve an Unprecedented 38-Under-Par on a Regulation 18-Hole Golf Course - On His First Try at Playing Golf.
wKko TIL that Christian, Judaic, and Islamic texts all ban interest on loans
QNxBM TIL that Wales, Walloon, and Cornwall are derived from the proto-Germanic word “Walhaz” meaning “foreigner,” specifically a Roman.