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TIL that when an explosion's shockwave travels slower than sound, it is considered a deflagration, not a detonation.

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v1Noj TIL The Steve Miller Band hit "Jet Airliner" was not a Steve Miller Band original. The song was first recorded by Paul Pena in 1973. Due to record label disputes, Pena's version of this song was not available to the public until the year 2000
7r6Kb TIL of the Seven Sutherland Sisters, who had a combined length of 37 ft of hair and traveled the world as a curiosity and to promote their hair growth products. They grew up in poverty, made millions, lived an extravagant and squandering lifestyle, and the last of them died destitute.
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7WDL TIL the world’s most powerful drug lord, El Chapo Guzman, occasionally walks into restaurants, asks other patrons not to be alarmed, eats his meal and then pays everyone’s tab when he leaves.
K11J TIL of Jean Hilliard, a woman found frozen solid 1980, who survived and made a full recovery.