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TIL of an elegy “Requiem” written over three decades and is known as the best known poetry work about Soviet Great Terror.

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nX4P TIL: The Blood Moon, or Hunter’s Moon, was given its name because it would illuminate the prey of the hunter. Much like the harvest moon allowing farmers to harvest through the night.
rgdo TIL The largest living organism is a fungus that covers 3.7 square miles in Oregon’s Blue Mountains. The fungus, armillaria ostoyae, could be as old as 8650 years.
OGNKa TIL about Japanese Toilet Meals - eating alone in a bathroom for various reasons, most commonly due to fear of being perceived as lonely because one is eating alone. Research in 2013 found that 12.08% of respondents said they'd eaten on the toilet, with a higher percentage of younger people & women.
4kkBg TIL the first blood transfusion from animal to human, was done by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys, physician to King Louis XIV of France. He transfused the blood of a sheep into a 15-year-old boy, who survived likely due to the small amount of blood transferred, helping to withstand an allergic reaction.
WkXZY TIL The Australian English for a duvet/comforter, "Doona", is an eponym for the Kimptons trademark "doona" product popular in the 70s.