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TIL there exist tsunami survival pods, capable of saving lives during tsunamis. These buoyant capsules can accommodate from two to sixteen people.

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9PD TIL that athletes can compete as independent Olympians (not under a country’s flag) at the Olympic Games
oBObW TIL Most corgis are born with tails, but due to AKC breed standards they have their tails docked 2-5 days after birth.
gMQr7 TIL In 1566, celestial phenomena were said to have "fought" together in the form of numerous red and black balls in the sky before the rising sun. The phenomenon has been interpreted by some ufologists to be a sky battle between unidentified flying objects
lgaA TIL that along with being accused of cannibalism, early Christians in the Roman Empire were considered atheists because they denied all the other gods
Z86bD TIL The human brain's 86 billion neurons are connected by approximately 850,000 km (530,000 miles) of axons and dendrites. To put things into perspective, the distance between Earth and Moon is only 384,000 km (240,000 miles)