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TIL: Hippos sleep underwater

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woARJ TIL King Arthur had a spear called Rhongomyniad, which Geoffrey of Monmouth called Ron.
GwX5 TIL when the London Eye (sponsored by British Airways) had technical issues erecting it in place. Richard Branson & Virgin sent over a blimp with ‘BA can’t get it up"
kOoO5 TIL: Thích Quảng Đức, also known as, ‘The Burning Monk’, had his heart displayed in a glass case. His heart was thought to be holy after self immolation and 2 attempts to further cremate his remains were unsuccessful, leaving only his heart in tact.
E16AP TIL that,during the Cold War, the Canadian government commissioned the creation of a device that could detect homosexuality in people in order to keep members of the LGBT community out of public service or the military.Its nickname?"Fruit Machine".
Wg9A TIL that Oxford University was founded in 1249, some 75 years before the first appearance of the Aztec civilisation in 1325.