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TIL that the filters on cigarettes have no proven health benefits, and are the most common form of litter in the world.

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x64Yg TIL that the famous song “Funiculi, Funicula” was written to commemorate the opening of the first cable car going to the top of Mt. Vesuvius. The song was so popular that a million copies of its sheet music were sold within a year.
1MbX TIL in 2000 a man in Georgia was shot 16 by police officers and lived. The trauma center surgeon that treated him said that most of the bullets were stopped by the 6'6 225lbs man’s muscles.
XEQdP TIL that brown doesn't exist as a colour and brown light is physically impossible.
lo5K1 TIL In 2019, the Royal Canadian Mint has released its first-ever Canada-shaped coin. The $50 pure silver piece shows an iconic bird or mammal from each province and territory shaped like the landmass it represents
E1vPo TIL that despite containing mercury, compact fluorescent light globes emit less mercury into the environment than incandescent light globes which contain no mercury due to their lower electricity consumption