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TIL the Sea of Azov is the most shallow sea in the world

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7rnWr TIL the Electoral college was formed out of compromise between "North" and "South" pre-civil war, along with the "3/5ths compromise" , and is directly tied to slavery
PYLDE TIL elephants can tell the difference between human ethnicities, ages, and sexes by sound alone, even when the voices are digitally distorted.
oBkaW TIL about Daniel Lambert (1770 – 1809), a prison guard and animal breeder who was the largest man in recorded history during his lifetime. He once fought a bear in the streets, and became so poor that he was forced to put himself on display.
8exWb TIL: Apple Watch sales in 2020 amounted to ~$30.6bn compared to the whole Swiss watch market exports of ~$16bn.
akPZ TIL that two people were born at the Woodstock music festival in 1969.