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TIL a secret room under the Medici Chapel is covered in charcoal sketches by Michelangelo, who lived there for three months while in hiding from the Pope.

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Z8xD TIL an 11 year study showed that diet cola is associated with a 2x increased risk for kidney decline. Kidney function started declining when women drank more than two sodas a day.
R74m1 TIL Saharan silver ants can travel at 108 body lengths a second. This makes them one of the fastest known running species.
4XOBN TIL Imperial China was the first nation to implement a system for civil service examination, testing knowledge from History to Military subjects. The British East Company got interested and used it for their admissions. Now, its the base model for similar exams throughout western nations to this day
9aa7 TIL of the Carolina Parakeet, a neotropical parrot that was native to much of the United States up until they were driven extinct by deforestation, hunting, and possibly disease in 1910. They lived in huge flocks of up to 300 birds and were likely poisonous to eat.
VMdKp TIL that there are a couple different ways to do nipple reconstruction. One of those ways is to use your labia.