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[TIL] We know Earth's rotation is slowing, because of ancient records of eclipses

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aw4Wy TIL that the pirate Benjamin Hornigold once raided a merchant ship just to steal the hats from the ship's crew because his crew had gotten too drunk the night before and had thrown their hats overboard.
nWaZb TIL that in a 2014 study which included over 2000 people revealed that 40% of those who survived a cardiac arrest were aware during the time that they were clinically dead and before their hearts were restarted. Some were conscious up to 3 minutes after the attack
KOGga TIL In 1978, a man was sentenced to life in prison for forging an $88 check because he refused to accept a plea deal and had previously been convicted of two felonies. The Supreme Court upheld the decision.
JYM8v TIL that on the island of Wogeo, Papua New Guinea, menstruation is seen as powerful and cleansing. Even men are expected to do a form of menstruation, in which they slice their penises with a crab claw while standing in the ocean.
GALb1 TIL that bone china is made from bone ash, feldspathic material and kaolin, and it originated in the UK, not in China.