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TIL that Abraham Lincoln’s voice was very high and even remarked as “shrill”

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5d08 TIL Ants can survive in a microwave: they find the coolest spot inside and keep still
78YvX TIL That the stunt of Jerry Lawler slapping Andy Kaufman on David Letterman was not revealed as a hoax until years later.
egZL TIL Santa Claus is a Marvel character. He has powers that include teleportation and the ability to shape-shift, and he once saved the X-Men on Christmas Eve.
8aPYZ TIL that chameleon bones glow in the dark, under ultra-violet light, even through skin
MDRW TIL that if the entire world’s population stood side by side in a giant square, with each person having 1 square meter of space to stand in, that (not so giant) square would only be 80km (50 miles) in length in each direction, and a Bugatti Veyron could drive around it in 50 minutes.