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TIL Babies cry with an accent from the second day of life.

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xVdO5 TIL Paper Strength is measured in Kilometers, as a way to describe if a sheet of that paper measured that long would be vertically hung, it would tear on its own weight. That is to say, if a paper has strength of 14 Kilometers, a 14 Km long sheet would have to be vertically hung for it to tear.
R7887 TIL About Gap Creationism, a Theory of the Bible Where a Large Period of Time Exists Between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2, God Creating the Earth to the Creation of Light. This Is Where Some Theorists Believe Events Such as Dinosaurs and the Ice Age Exists in the Bible.
pyJZ TIL that the creators of the Curious George children’s books, Hans and Margret Rey, fled Paris on bikes only hours before it fell to the Nazi’s
7rpmX TIL the 2005 film "Brokeback Mountain" originally intended to star Mark Wahlberg and Joaquin Phoenix but both actors were uncomfortable with the film's sex scenes and declined the parts.
DQmJv TIL that the black mamba can sprint at speeds of up to 16 km/h (10 mph).