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TIL that at the North Pole it is whatever time you say it is.

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Z8ywv TIL of Sybil Ludington—a 16-year-old revolutionary who rode twice the distance Paul Revere did in 1777 to warn people of a British invasion. She navigated 40 miles of rainy terrain at night while avoiding British loyalists and ended up completing her mission before dawn the next day.
G6Lg TIL a family of people with blue skin lived in Kentucky for many generations. The Fulgates of Troublesome Creek are thought to have gained their blue skin through combination of inbreeding and a rare genetic condition known as methemoglobinemia.
ANGy4 TIL Axolotls are able to regrow their limbs, tail, gills, brain and heart in just a few weeks
dDxg9 TIL the highspeed rail in Indonesia is called "Whoosh"
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