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TIL that 2 Chainz finished second in his high school class and graduated college with a 4.0 GPA

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P1lwO TIL that those who systematically take naps had a 37% lower coronary mortality.
7M7p TIL John Clem became the youngest sergeant in US history when he was 12, shot a confederate colonel with a miniature musket after he demanded his surrender, and was the last civil war veteran on active duty in 1915.
pEbQ TIL Humans have an instinctual biochemical reaction to baby features in animals - big eyes, proportionately big heads, etc. - that produces maternalistic emotions. Disney has exploited this instinct in every movie.
vJnD TIL that Sudbury, Ontario is located within the second largest known crater on Earth, formed by an impact larger than the asteroid that made the dinosaurs go extinct
m15QE TIL that the first recorded labour strike took place in Ancient Egypt, in 1170 BCE, by tomb workers. After the grain supply was repeatedly late, workers stopped working and demanded prompt pay. Because it was the first of its kind, management did not know how to react, and largely caved to demands.