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TIL that whales and sturgeon found in the United Kingdom are automatically designated as the personal property of the monarch.

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rNAMM TIL There are insects which use superpropulsion to pee allowing them to eject accelerating pee that’s nearly 40% faster than their stylus ever moves by taking advantage of surface tension.
oRNoE TIL that Waffen SS was finished off by the Free North Vietnamese Army. The French recruited the Elite Waffen SS for the battle of Dien Bien Phu and their Indochina Conflict post WW2
QNQKa TIL than even if terminal velocity is around 53 m/s (190 km/h or 118 mph) for a skydiver, speed skiers can go faster than this. Record is Simon Billy (France) 255 km/h or 158.7 mph on March 22, 2023.
5ElR TIL Michael Bloomberg spent $650 million of his own money during his time as NYC mayor. Footing the bill for many expenses and donating hundreds of millions to better the city. “In the past, the city paid its mayor; Mr. Bloomberg paid to be the city’s mayor.”
R5Zg7 TIL that on average, the objects within our Solar System's asteroid belt are about one million kilometers or 600,000 miles apart from each other. For reference, the Earth's diameter is 12,742 kilometers or 7,917.5 miles