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TIL that the moon has moonquakes that are caused by gravitational pull from both the Earth and the Sun.

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dDy5B TIL in 2023 The Beatles 'final' song together, "Now and Then", became their 18th No. 1 single in the UK & the fastest-selling vinyl single of this century. In addition, it set the record for longest gap between No. 1 singles: 54 years. Their previous No. 1 was "The Ballad of John and Yoko" in 1969.
WlZL TIL that in 1919, a dog named Tang saved 92 people after their boat capsized in stormy seas. The dog jumped into the stormy seas with the boat’s tow rope in his mouth and swam to shore where the rope was used to tow the boat in.
8ek4P TIL: In the USA during the 19th century, many little girls were given play ‘Death Kits’, which included a corpse doll and coffin. Girls would prepare the doll for viewing, place it in its coffin and conduct a play funeral.
dorr TIL there are electric charging stations all along the Trans Canada Highway, making it the world’s longest electric vehicle highway at 10,125 km
WkVjo TIL of Percy Julian, a doctor living under Jim Crow, who was a pioneer in the drug industry and laid the groundwork for the development of the modern steroid. He was also the first African-American chemist ever inducted into the National Academy of Sciences.