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TIL Blue Whales' heart beats have been recorded as low as one beat every two minutes - the lowest for any mammal

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W7oLN TIL that for each glass of water we drink, at least one molecule of it has passed through Oliver Cromwell's bladder.
6mnJ TIL that Mississippi permits drivers to consume alcohol while driving. However, the driver must still stay below the 0.08% blood alcohol content limit for DUI.
BrJbk TIL Alan Turing, father of theoretical computer science & artificial intelligence, was convicted of homosexuality and given a choice between prison or freedom with ongoing injections of female hormones. The injections sent him into depression. He died age 41 by eating an apple he laced with cyanide.
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