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TIL Duran Duran's guitarist and bassist and drummer all had surname Taylor; none were related.

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5Yj4R TIL that the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Centre is home to the four largest doors (each bay door is 139 metres high) and largest American flag (63.7 metres by 33.5 metres) in the world; the doors take 45 minutes to open.
VBEPD TIL Cooperative breeding (communal raising of the young) in animals is directly linked to a greater chance of altruism (helping someone for no reward).
ADXb4 TIL there's such thing as a Quaking Bog, where bog vegetation builds up on top of water or very wet peat. Walking there can cause the ground to ripple and trees to sway.
1aYKV TIL in 1972, The Los Alamos National Laboratories patented a nuclear tunnel boring machine, claiming it could reach depths of 18+ miles. It uses molten lithium to melt through rock, leaving behind a tunnel with a glass-like finish.
6ED4l TIL in 2006 a Filipino-born Canadian boy was punished by his school for using his cutlery according to Filipino etiquette. The teacher sanctioned the 7-year-old Luc for what the school called "disgusting" and "piggish" eating habits: using a fork to push his food onto a spoon before eating it.