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TIL Duke University scientists find women need more sleep than men

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l7pAA TIL that four time World's Strongest Man winner Jón Páll Sigmarsson, who famously stated "There is no reason to be alive, if you can't do deadlift!" died at the age of 32 while deadlifting in his gym.
Z8xOp TIL there is a Mickey Mouse shaped solar farm at Disney World, Florida
9wkPG TIL that Jim Starlin was paid more in royalties by DC for their use of the KGBeast in BvS, a movie in which the character never wore a comic accurate costume or even called himself KGBeast, than he was by Marvel for Thanos, Nebula, and Gamora in five movies combined.
dJPQ TIL Disney were planning to turn Discovery Island into a live action experience of the pc game, Myst.
p8VvN TIL author Fyodor Dostoevsky was sentenced to die, led in front of a firing squad, and about to be shot to death when at the last second he was pardoned by the Tsar of Russia.