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TIL adult hippos can’t swim

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5VmxQ TIL the United States runs a program with lasers and lunar reflectors that measure the distance to the moon, started in 1970 - with an accuracy better than 3 centimeters since the 1990s.
neMKo TIL The first emperor of China had a Terracotta Army sculpted and buried with him so he would be protected in the afterlife. The sculptures are life sized and appear to each have unique facial features.
mx5JM TIL that knitting was an exclusively male profession in the Middle Ages. It would take six years of apprenticeship to become a member of a knitting guild.
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