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TIL the US Senate used the same gavel for 165 years until Richard Nixon shattered it...

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ABxd TIL most mammals live for the same number of heartbeats before dying, from elephants to shrews.
rNk0M TIL the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in 1975, and the song was recorded one month later
DQOAj TIL that in 2013 scientists were able to genetically modify rabbits to glow in the dark using jellyfish DNA
j6rRv TIL that despite their presence in pop culture, the Nine Realms of Norse cosmology are never clearly defined or listed in any of the sources of old Norse folklore that survived to the modern day
a8j6b TIL about the Centralia "Tragedy" in 1919, when members of the American Legion stormed the local International Workers of the World Hall, resulting in multiple deaths. 7 members of the I.W.W. were later convicted of murder, and one (also a veteran) was lynched. No Legionnaire was prosecuted.