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TIL After a heart attack, the body increases sleep time in order to limit heart inflammation and damage

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9K4G TIL in 2006 an Australian man tried to sell New Zealand on eBay. The price rose to $3,000 before eBay shut it down.
98vB TIL Pablo Picasso’s full name is Pablo Diego Jose Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Maria de los Remedios Crispiniano de la Santisima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso
8aR1Z TIL that George Washington was actually a Redhead and that he did not wear a wig. Instead, he powdered his hair
Ye1B TIL the sign language equivalent of a tongue-twister is known as a finger-fumbler.
8eRGP TIL Mercedes-Benz with the highest mileage ever known is a 1976 Mercedes W123 240D taxi owned in Greece by a taxi driver. It has covered a total of 2.85 million kilometres – roughly equivalent to driving to the Moon and back six times.