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TIL: Only 40% of Large NEOs (Near Earth Asteroids) have been identified

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jNN5N TIL that syrup (as in from maple trees) functions ecologically as anti-freeze to protect the plant from harsh winters.
8ax84 TIL That the longest marriage ever recorded was 87 years long. Zelmyra and Herbert Fisher were married on May 13, 1924, and stayed together until Herbert passed away in 2011 at the age of 105. Zelmyra passed away two years later, also at the age of 105.
NX71Q TIL that the Texas Rangers law enforcement agency, was constantly trying to shut down the Balinese Room nightclub on Galveston Island but their arrival would be tipped off by Balinese Room associates when the Rangers came down the bridge onto the island. The Rangers solved this by raiding by sea.
8exr8 TIL driving certain vehicles on certain days in the Phillipines is banned. Depending on the number the licence plate ends with, determines which day that car is not allowed to be on public roads
8aM6a TIL that shark skin is made up of hundreds of rows of small teeth. When flattened through forward movement, they create tiny vortices that reduce drag, turbulence and noise.