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TIL Baby Giraffes can stand within half an hour and after only 10 hours can actually run alongside their family.

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e0x7g TIL a woman in 1984 was found to be able to switch on/off the two hemispheres of her brain at will. This resulted in being able to focus her efforts at relaxing/socializing/sexual or performing logical tasks such as work/math/writing.
NXLW6 TIL that more people have been in space than have sailed non-stop around the world.
56o8 TIL Gaius gracchus, the ancient roman politician, had a bounty put on his head to the price of the head’s weight in gold. Although the head was delivered, the prize was never paid, as it was discovered that Gaius’ captor had emptied out his brain and replaced it with molten lead.
XNZD TIL - George Clooney uses his Nespresso pay check to fund a satellite surveillance program that watches Sudan President Omar al-Bashir and tracks his army, hoping to warn civilians before attacks occur.
x6er0 TIL that "Language" and "Tongue" have the same word in Farsi which is Zaban or زبان .