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TIL Coyotes run faster than Roadrunners.

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1abe4 TIL of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), a disease transmitted by mosquitos. A third of cases (2/year) die, and many survivors suffer permanent brain damage. It was first recognized in MA in 1831 when it killed 75 horses.
R51Za TIL that Rob Thomas wrote the song “Little Wonders” about his dog
p84D8 TIL that 39.5 percent of Japanese adults slept less than six hours a night making naps in public a social norm even to the point that napping during work is often seen as a subtle sign of diligence: You must be working yourself to exhaustion.
b9Lba TIL there's a well in thu UK that turns items into stone
b9YYQ TIL During times of war and other crises in Britain, men with seafaring experience would be taken against their will by press gangs to become part of the Royal Navy crew. Sometimes they were taken in the middle of the street and would find themselves trapped on a ship and with no hope of escape.