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TIL the first King to travel around the world was King Kalākaua of Hawaii

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wL4G7 TIL A 2014 U.S. study showed one hour of sleep during the daylight saving time raised the risk of having a heart attack the next week by 24%. By contrast, when “falling back,” the extra hour of sleep made heart attacks risk fall 21% the next week.
mxRoP TIL that every number has its own Wiki page
xPVg TIL Sting receives approx $2000 per day from royalties for the song ‘Every Breath You Take’ and also 100% of the royalties from the P-Diddy remix 'I’ll Be Missing You’
nRlr TIL in 1973 two men were stranded 1,575 feet below the ocean when their submarine buoyancy tank inadvertently flooded. They were rescued after 76 hours with only 12 minutes of air remaining. It was the deepest underwater rescue mission in history.
x6rGo TIL about Cathay Williams, the first African-American woman to serve in the United States military. She joined in 1866 under a male pseudonym of William Cathay.