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TIL that babies will instinctively hold their breath underwater until the age of six months.

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P6VG TIL Timothy the tortoise served as a mascot on HMS Queen during the bombardment of Sevastopol in 1854. She was, until her death in 2004, the last surviving witness to the Crimean War.
R7DX1 TIL There's a museum that has the world's largest collection of the world's smallest versions of the world's largest things.
nebmb TIL that Anson Burlingame, USA's ambassador to Qing Empire China in the 1860's, grew to be so trusted and respected for his efforts to negotiate a fair treaty, that China then appointed him to be THEIR envoy back to America and to European countries, negotiating on their behalf.
nemnG TIL Most scholars agree there has been a community of Jews in China since 960–1127
xrEw TIL Japan’s occupation of Hong Kong back in WWII caused the population to drop from 1.6 million to 600,000 in just three years.