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TIL: The Mystery of the Voynich Manuscript

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XE9N8 TIL Although Switzerland is considered land locked, they have a Navy because multiple rivers provide access to the sea
oROGr TIL that sloths can take up to a month to digest a single meal because of their incredibly slow metabolism. This slow digestion is due to their low-energy diet of leaves, which requires them to conserve energy by moving and eating slowly.
KO64J TIL that every “peace symbol” you see has a meaning that has been lost on many people– it was originally designed by combining the semaphore letters “N” and “D,” which stood for Nuclear Disarmament.
yVNVX TIL The dwarf planet Haumea, which orbits in the Kuiper Belt out beyond Neptune, is already unusual. It has a strange elongated shape, two moons and a day that lasts only 4 hours, making it the fastest-spinning large object in the solar system.
M76V TIL on Who Wants to be a Millionaire, John Carpenter used his phone a friend lifeline to inform his dad he was going to win.