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TIL that John Snow in 1854 found out that Cholera is a water-borne disease.

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955p TIL that four submarines from various nations around the world were all lost a few months apart in 1968. None of the losses were ever explained.
g80y TIL in 1976 Elvis spent ~$16,000 for a midnight return flight from Memphis to Denver to eat a Fools Gold sandwich which consists of one jar of Skippy creamy peanut butter, one jar of Smucker’s grape jelly, and one pound of lean bacon fried crisp.
9wNO6 TIL the world record for longest breath held underwater is 24 minutes 37 seconds by Budimir Šobat from Croatia. The average person can achieve about 2 minutes - afterwards less and less oxygenated blood reaches our brain which at around 6 minutes forces a blackout to trigger automatic breathing.
oRAko TIL there is no official "national identity card" in the United States. Most Americans use their driver’s license as a national identification.
QJEBE TIL Evangeline Lilly agreed to play Tauriel in the Hobbit movies on the condition she would not be part of a love triangle; the love triangle was added during reshoots.