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TIL kissing as a romantic expression is not instinctive and is, or was unknown in certain cultures.

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x6OLB TIL George the Lobster is the oldest recorded lobster ever, estimated to be 140 years old (born ~1869) at the time of his capture in 2008 off the coast of Newfoundland. He was released back into the wild in 2009 and it is unknown if he remains alive today.
N7aN8 TIL that Jenga blocks aren’t all the same size. Some are almost imperceptibly smaller than others, meaning they’ll side out of the stack more easily.
loLZG TIL From 1913 until it was outlawed in 1920, some parents would send their babies to travel destinations through the US Post Office because it was less expensive then traveling together.
p8JRe TIL the Shrine of Rememberence in Melbourne, Australia was desiged with a cutout in the roof such that sunlight only shines through on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. It lights up the word "Love" in the inscription during the moment of silence.
d86e8 TIL that although our Moon is the largest in comparison to its planet, it's only the 5th-largest moon in the Solar System. Both Jupiter and Saturn have moons (Ganymede and Titan) that are larger than the planet Mercury.