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TIL there is a very rare type of insomnia when you just don't sleep. This leads to insanity and death within 18 months.

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XEpaP TIL The King of Siam used to gift albino elephants to courtiers who displeased him, in order to ruin them with the upkeep costs — this is the supposed inspiration for the White Elephant Gift Exchange.
9X5Q TIL that even though a Giant Panda’s diet consists of 99% bamboo shoots, it is technically a carnivore.
QNL1k TIL human post-reproductive longevity is also an extreme and distinctively human evolutionary trait
GAgaG TIL 250 miles north of San Francisco is California’s “Lost Coast”. There is almost 100 miles of mountainous, remote and nearly inaccessible coastline owned by the Federal Government.
4ko0o TIL about the Overcoat, an animated film that has been worked on since 1981. Director Yuri Norstein refuses any extra help, or a computer for his animation.